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sanatorium

[san-uh-tawr-ee-uhm, -tohr-] / ˌsæn əˈtɔr i əm, -ˈtoʊr- /




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She shared how Martin was without parents from a young age and was "sent alone to a sanatorium in London for two years" after being diagnosed with tuberculosis.

From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026

Helgi Reykdal, a criminology graduate student, is researching two unsolved 1983 deaths at a former tuberculosis sanatorium.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2024

The relentless 10-month war has prompted a local commander to transform a Soviet-era sanatorium into a recovery center for servicemen to treat both mental and physical ailments.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 5, 2023

Eliot escaped into work, a banker by day and literary critic by night, until he suffered a breakdown that sent him to a sanatorium in Switzerland.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 11, 2022

I'm not sure what I expected of Buddy's sanatorium.

From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath

The old sanatoria in the Alps to which European TB patients lucky enough to have wealthy relatives might be sent focused on cleanliness, fresh air and sunlight, ample nutritious food and rest.

From Salon ● Feb. 21, 2025

Crawford estimates that in 1925 alone the couple spent a third of their income on doctors, medicines, and stays in hospitals or sanatoria.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 28, 2022

The lawsuit is directed at the federal government, as it was Canada that established, funded and oversaw residential schools, Indian hospitals and sanatoria.

From The Guardian ● May 11, 2018

Rehab centers have the feel of pre-modern sanatoria.

From Slate ● Feb. 23, 2016

Their market is in the North among the northern sanatoria where you can smell their grapefruit and bananas across the cold snows.

From With The Night Mail A Story of 2000 A.D. (Together with extracts from the comtemporary magazine in which it appeared) by Frank X. Leyendecker

Some of Kyiv's most vulnerable citizens – the elderly and women with young children – are being offered places in converted sanatoriums and rehabilitation centres in the city's forested outskirts.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

His tuberculosis, which before it killed him at age 40 led to rest “cures” at sanatoriums notable chiefly for their ineffectiveness?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026

Their status granted them access to isolated sanatoriums in the countryside where food and safety were guaranteed.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 31, 2024

The southern town of Yalta was the prime holiday destination during Soviet times, with many sanatoriums built in and around it.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 31, 2023

His wife retired fitfully to sanatoriums, and he had been obliged to undertake the supervision of his children's schooling.

From A Hoosier Chronicle by F. C. (Frederick Coffay) Yohn


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