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
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
One woman, a BBC journalist who does not want to be named, said she knew her newborn son was seriously ill within minutes of giving birth at the infirmary in 2021.
From BBC • Nov. 7, 2023
During Lent, they noted no meat passed my lips, not even a steaming broth when a bad catarrh confined me to the infirmary.
From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez
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