infirmary
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He tossed batting practice, visited kids in the infirmary and signed autographs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 21, 2026
Working as a cook at the local infirmary, she attends a revival meeting that proves pivotal to her development.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 24, 2025
Levi was too sick and Soviet troops found him close to death in the camp infirmary.
From BBC ● Jan. 27, 2025
Wednesday at a hospital in Trenton after he was found unresponsive in his cell in the New Jersey State Prison infirmary, news outlets reported, citing the state department of corrections.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 20, 2024
Together they worked in a stale little infirmary where Mr. Kapasi’s smartly tailored clothes clung to him in the heat, in spite of the blackened blades of a ceiling fan churning over their heads.
From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri
A pediatrician, my aunt jumped into action: Building and running makeshift infirmaries for children and trying to create some form of order in the face of insurmountable — and ongoing — need.
From Salon ● Mar. 18, 2023
Hospitals’ infirmaries are facing greatest demand at the moment, and no longer their intensive-care units as occurred last year, according to Alberto Chebabo, the vice-president of the Brazilian society of infectious disease specialists.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 27, 2022
The injured were diverted to workhouse infirmaries to be treated after Swansea General Hospital was bombed.
From BBC ● Feb. 19, 2021
The tide overwhelmed camp hospitals, relief organizations built temporary infirmaries, and the Army converted barracks to house battalions of sickened men.
From Slate ● May 16, 2020
That is a piece of luck, the Catholic infirmaries are noted for their good treatment and good food.
From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque
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