surgery
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One day, her cancer returned and she needed surgery.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
Adam Hamawy’s campaign headquarters is in a suburban New Jersey office center, down the hall from Princeton Plastic Surgeons, his practice that offers everything from eyelid surgery to Brazilian butt lifts.
From Slate ● Jul. 14, 2026
You do not need to be registered with a GP surgery to use the walk-in service.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
In rare instances, they can occur during heart surgery.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 13, 2026
My parents scheduled me for ankle surgery a couple of weeks later.
From "Courage to Soar" by Simone Biles
Over the next month, he underwent three surgeries, including for an infection and facial reconstruction.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
Food, drinking water and medicine are in increasingly short supply, and some surgeries have been put on hold, prompting the United Nations to warn of a humanitarian emergency.
From Barron's ● Jul. 6, 2026
"We have been living at the hospital for two weeks now and our son has undergone five surgeries."
From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2026
Paramedics responded to Brown’s home and transported the woman to a hospital, where she remained for multiple days and underwent two surgeries.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026
Conversations about next steps and tests and surgeries.
From "All American Boys" by Jason Reynolds
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