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doctor

[dok-ter] / ˈdɒk tər /






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A lawyer for Leopoldo Luque, a doctor charged in the 2020 death of Argentine football legend Diego Maradona, said in closing arguments Wednesday that his client was innocent and had been made a "scapegoat."

From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026

Even a visit to the doctor can get his imagination going.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026

Selina, who had Down's syndrome, was sent home by a "very junior doctor" in the meantime, assistant coroner Stephen Simblet KC said during an inquest into her death.

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026

His lawyer met with him alone, and his doctor later told me he understood his finances.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 20, 2026

Tante Jans, who loved medical paraphernalia of every kind, took a tremendous fancy to the new doctor and from then on consulted him as often as her finances would permit.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

Hospital doctors have announced they will strike next month over the issue, while the Royal College of Nursing is also balloting for industrial action.

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

And because it creates a labyrinth of different payers, it also drives up the administrative costs of the doctors and hospitals as well.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 21, 2026

“I have all these doctors that I love and they’re all eccentric,” he says.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026

The outlet also says doctors are fighting to save her other leg.

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026

Antonio and Hanna Damasio, a husband-and-wife team of doctors, regularly see people who remind them of Phineas Gage.

From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman

According to the lawsuit and subsequent discovery, they doctored a 911 report, stating that the call was unfounded and that no suspect was identified, omitting Williams’ identity.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 14, 2026

Soon, real and doctored versions of those photos were filtering their way across the internet.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 7, 2026

Mountbatten-Windsor said at the time: "Nobody can prove whether or not that photograph has been doctored but I don't recollect that photograph ever being taken."

From BBC ● Feb. 4, 2026

The company’s new management team has also been probing its accounting practices, and said it found evidence of doctored invoices and double-pledged collateral.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 19, 2025

Up comes a heavily doctored photo of me looking beautiful and fierce with a bunch of flames flickering behind me.

From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins

“Back then, they had 30 cowboys who rode every day, seven days a week, doctoring cattle. I’ve got five,” the younger Nieto said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026

The clinic note is a vital part of doctoring.

From Slate ● Aug. 19, 2025

She is alleged to have completed the tests across multiple test centres in the UK, disguising herself and doctoring ID documents to evade detection.

From BBC ● Jan. 27, 2025

Catherine, the Princess of Wales, apologized on Monday for doctoring a photo of her with her three children, which was recalled by several news agencies on Sunday after they determined the image had been manipulated.

From New York Times ● Mar. 11, 2024

She's good with doctoring, too, which is handy since the nearest doctor is thirty miles away in Wolf Point.

From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson


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