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curé

[kyoor] / kjʊər /


cure






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"Oh, sir, for pity's sake let me have speech with his reverence the curé."

From The Cloister and the Hearth A Tale of the Middle Ages by Reade, Charles

It was an anomaly for which I could not account—whether I believed myself to be the curé of the little village of C——, or Il Signor Romualdo, the titled lover of Clarimonde.

From One of Cleopatra's Nights and Other Fantastic Romances One of Cleopatra's Nights?Clarimonde?Arria Marcella?The Mummy's Foot?Omphale: a Rococo Story?King Candaules by Gautier, Th?ophile

And the curé pointed at Mangis with his staff.

From The Cloister and the Hearth A Tale of the Middle Ages by Reade, Charles

The parish was small, the parishioners greedy; and never gave their curé a doit more than he could compel.

From The Cloister and the Hearth A Tale of the Middle Ages by Reade, Charles

Then the curé steeped the thumb of St. Sergius in beef broth.

From The Cloister and the Hearth A Tale of the Middle Ages by Reade, Charles

In Wentworth's version, there is no cure for Colin and the children gain the necessary language to speak up for themselves and get what they need.

From BBC Jul. 18, 2026

Because there is no cure for dementia or widely accessible treatment, the guidelines emphasised that prevention remains the most effective strategy to reduce the number oc cases.

From Barron's Jul. 15, 2026

As Dan Kois illustrates in this ode to kicking back with friends, spending unstructured time together is a blessedly simple cure to the ills of modern life.

From Slate Jul. 10, 2026

“At some point, low prices have to cure low prices,” said Susan Stroud, an agriculture analyst and founder of No Bull Agriculture, a market research and consulting firm.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 28, 2026

He hadn’t forgotten about that cure after all.

From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff

FDA approved anti amyloid therapies now target disease biology in early Alzheimer's, though they are not cures and do not restore lost memory or cognitive function.

From Science Daily May 27, 2026

“Like an ice cube that freezes from the outside in — this stuff cures, it heats up and cures from the outside in,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times May 24, 2026

It will give us a comprehensive picture of the nation’s overall health, enabling us to better invest our healthcare dollars to target the cures and interventions most needed.

From MarketWatch May 4, 2026

A doctor has been struck off after running an unregistered clinic and charging cancer patients £15,000 for bogus "cures" with garlic oil and vitamin C.

From BBC Apr. 28, 2026

One day I hope to write a compendium of all my cures, including those Elnora taught me.

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein

In the case of the French curés, the crucial story was that of Christ’s life and death as told by the Catholic Church.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari

With the curés no direct communication with the government existed.

From The Rise of Canada, from Barbarism to Wealth and Civilisation Volume 1 by Roger, Charles

Well, it cannot be helped, and it must be told, the curés of Le Morvan have their weak points; trifles, to be sure—mere bagatelles—but still they have them.

From Le Morvan, [A District of France,] Its Wild Sports, Vineyards and Forests; with Legends, Antiquities, Rural and Local Sketches by Jesse, William

Meanwhile, the letters in which Turgot explained his views and wishes to the curés, by them to be imparted to their parishes, are masterpieces of the care, the patience, the interest, of a good ruler.

From Critical Miscellanies (Vol. 2 of 3) Turgot by Morley, John

In the moorland districts, also, and in the little villages which border the great forests, the curés are everything, and do everything.

From Le Morvan, [A District of France,] Its Wild Sports, Vineyards and Forests; with Legends, Antiquities, Rural and Local Sketches by Jesse, William

Each sandwich at Yerord Mas includes at least half a pound of Australian Wagyu, which costs about $11.50 per pound and is cured and smoked on site.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 13, 2026

In the original 2009 paper, the concept was that any food which required some form of cooking—including bread, cured sausages, corn chips, etc.—would be considered an “ultra” processed food product.

From Slate Jul. 12, 2026

You order mazanilla, maybe some cured beef, and you listen.

From Salon Jun. 23, 2026

One needn’t be an expert in autism to realize that the condition is not something like adolescent anxiety, which can be cured by reassurance and self-confidence.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 11, 2026

“We could have cured Grandma, too,” Dad said.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover

In 2023, she became a patron of Brain Tumour Research - a charity dedicated to curing the disease.

From BBC Jul. 12, 2026

But instead of ending capital punishment in the United States, the Furman decision set off a scramble in which states reenacted their death penalty laws in the hope of curing the problem Justice Douglas identified.

From Slate Jun. 8, 2026

No doubt Russo and his fictive alter-ego have heard the popular prescriptions for curing arrested development—empathy, vulnerability, emotional intelligence.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 12, 2026

But the heat will “certainly accelerate the natural curing process where plants start to really lose their moisture,” Kittell said.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 10, 2026

It was assumed by many PIH allies that Goldfarb had already made up his mind—he wanted his resources to go to curing the vast majority.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French




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