infirmary
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A sort of community in miniature emerged, with security and scavenger teams and plumbers and one lone doctor running an overpacked infirmary.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 20, 2026
He tossed batting practice, visited kids in the infirmary and signed autographs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 21, 2026
“Every now and then, people had high fever. They were taken to the infirmary, then brought back, and that was it,” he said.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 26, 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
None of us was allowed near the infirmary during the next days, but I heard all the rumors that came out of it.
From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles
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
Sanders also envisions small infirmaries with beds where people can recuperate if they’re sick, and mobile medical units that can get care faster to rural areas.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 19, 2019
There were government hospitals as well: The infirmaries that grew out of the much-despised workhouses of the 19th century.
From Salon ● Feb. 23, 2016
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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