curing

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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

"I thought AI was going to be curing cancer or something."

From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026

The goal is to manage pain and symptoms, rather than curing the disease, in the patient’s final months, weeks or days before death.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 24, 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

I may have pressed pause on curing my parents’ blues with my mood-music playlist, but I couldn’t quit on Operation Save Fig.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas