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[dok-ter] / ˈdɒk tər /






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The document asks all the right questions and reaches all the wrong conclusions—the way a doctor might correctly identify symptoms and then prescribe a remedy that aggravates the disease.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

Denmark's national team doctor Morten Boesen said the device - which he called a pacemaker - "responded as it should".

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

“As a medical doctor, I drew the line,” he said in an interview.

From Salon • Jun. 8, 2026

How a doctor who has treated—and had—Ebola thinks America should respond to the escalating crisis.

From Slate • Jun. 8, 2026

I had to ease him down and get him to a doctor.

From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen




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