intensive
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When he finally woke up, in an intensive care unit in Oklahoma City, about 90 miles northeast of Comanche, he learned that surgeons had removed 13 inches of his small intestine during emergency surgery.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
She spent six weeks in the neonatal unit at Aberdeen Maternity Hospital, which is where one of the proposed neonatal intensive care units would be located.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
Higher oil prices will add costs to energy intensive miners who are some of the worlds largest consumers of diesel.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
She added there had been "intensive" discussions over the weekend about mitigating jobs losses.
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026
“Let the words do the work,” she said to me once during a two-week summer intensive on Arden of Faversham.
From "Better Nate Than Ever" by Tim Federle
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