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nurse

[nurs] / nɜrs /






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Simba, who turned 25 in the villa, told Maya his first plan with nurse Angelista once they left the show would be to celebrate her 25th birthday, which is on Tuesday.

From BBC Jul. 27, 2026

Per the Washington Post, Davis-Mack claimed that a nurse who examined their daughter filed a report with the D.C.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 24, 2026

The 40-year-old nurse worried he wouldn’t get enough of a mental and physical break.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 20, 2026

In one, Brett Palmer is holding his son and smiling after the nurse said Jackson was recovering well.

From Slate Jul. 19, 2026

And I became a nurse, like your mother, Karli.

From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo

The findings provide early evidence that communication between neural circuits helps determine whether a worker bee nurses the queen, builds or guards the hive, or searches for food.

From Science Daily Jul. 23, 2026

The endorsement may come with some financial support, with the group saying it has raised some $25 million to fund its goal of electing more doctors and nurses to office between now and 2030.

From Salon Jul. 21, 2026

In her seven months there she was building "good relationships" with nurses and "got on well", David said.

From BBC Jul. 18, 2026

“There are very few people who have seen what I’ve seen, other than the doctors and nurses who went with me. Journalists from the outside world aren’t allowed in,” he said.

From Slate Jul. 14, 2026

My heart pounds so hard, I think the nurses must see it through my nightgown.

From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron

She nursed a swollen ankle after falling in the evacuation centre.

From Barron's Jul. 27, 2026

Even classical music listeners have their version in what may be the most legendary rivalry of all — the one that also-ran Italian composer Antonio Salieri supposedly nursed with Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

From Salon May 16, 2026

While my mom nursed her post-prandial local beer, my kid and I went for a leisurely stroll through a nearby park.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 10, 2025

Delbis — who chooses to self-describe as autistic rather than neurodivergent — is not someone who has long nursed dreams of stardom.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 22, 2025

She nursed the baby as she keened and every so often held her up so that Zizmo and God could see what they had done.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

People have been evacuated from nursing homes, campsites, public buildings and private homes as the flames encroach on urban areas.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 24, 2026

They can then spread through hospitals, nursing homes, and communities.

From Science Daily Jul. 22, 2026

A hybrid long-term-care policy provides a death benefit as well as coverage for care at home, in an assisted-living facility or in a nursing home.

From MarketWatch Jul. 21, 2026

She puzzles out the distinctions among nursing homes, assisted living facilities and continuing care retirement communities, as well as home healthcare.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 20, 2026

Lately he had also moved some of the younger Dutch Jews away from the nursing home.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom




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