minister
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What kind of prime minister will Andy Burnham be?
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
It comes two days after Dharmendra Pradhan resigned as education minister over repeated failures in the conduct of competitive exams that have fuelled anger among millions of young Indians.
From Barron's ● Jul. 27, 2026
Sri Mulyani Indrawati, who served as Indonesia’s finance minister for nearly 14 of the past 20 years and was long seen as the country’s fiscal guardian, was removed in a cabinet shuffle last September.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
"You can clap now," a Downing Street official with a clipboard instructed the staff eagerly lining the halls of No 10 in the moments before the new prime minister walked in.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
“I will speak to God,” replied the minister.
From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson
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Noting that Peru has had 15 interior ministers in the past five years, Mr. López-Dolz, now a political-risk adviser based in Texas, believes Peru can defeat criminality only if it tackles the problem strategically.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026
Stephenson said ministers should work with the EU to secure alternative markets for the refinery's alumina while preparing contingency plans, including examining nationalisation if necessary.
From Barron's ● Jul. 24, 2026
The two first ministers met Burnham separately on Thursday afternoon.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
Foreign ministers from fuel-stressed Southeast Asia called for freedom of navigation in international straits on Thursday as they wrapped a week of meetings largely overshadowed by the US-Iran war.
From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026
It was startling to me that an unusual number of the requests came from groups of white Christian ministers.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
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Powe’s relatives belonged to the Knights, named for a 17th century Spanish Jesuit who ministered to enslaved people in Colombia and is the country’s patron saint.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2025
Rev MacKenzie ministered the late Queen in her final days and supported the royal family following her death.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2024
I was sick all day Sunday, ministered to by my girlfriend, who fed me chicken soup and bathed my head with wet washcloths.
From Salon ● Aug. 5, 2023
One of them, Sister Jeannine Gramick, has ministered to LGBTQ+ Catholics for more than 50 years and is a co-founder of New Ways Ministry, which advocates on their behalf.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 16, 2023
Even her hair was graciously in place as if an angel had ministered to her.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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Describing her experience ministering as a person of colour, Rev Eileen Cremin said it was "overall positive".
From BBC ● Feb. 8, 2026
Bedraggled and bleeding, he opens his eyes to find Anna ministering to him and is rhapsodically smitten.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 14, 2025
They both earned plaudits for doing the hard work of ministering from blue-collar cities — Buenos Aires for Francis, San Antonio for Gomez.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 23, 2025
My recent employment has been as a hospice chaplain, ministering to dying people and their families.
From Salon ● Nov. 3, 2024
He read books, even though we didn’t have two pennies to rub together, ministering to the poor miners.
From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney
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