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nurse

[nurs] / nɜrs /






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Simba, who turned 25 in the villa, told Maya his first plan with nurse Angelista once they left the show would be to celebrate her 25th birthday, which is on Tuesday.

From BBC Jul. 27, 2026

Theresa Brown came to medicine by an unlikely route, earning a doctorate in English before training as an oncology nurse.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 21, 2026

In one, Brett Palmer is holding his son and smiling after the nurse said Jackson was recovering well.

From Slate Jul. 19, 2026

Bordenave-Jenkins, who was studying to be a neonatal nurse at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, died at the scene, prosecutors say.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 18, 2026

If I go to the nurse, they’ll call my mom, and like she’s going to have any sympathy.

From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz

The findings provide early evidence that communication between neural circuits helps determine whether a worker bee nurses the queen, builds or guards the hive, or searches for food.

From Science Daily Jul. 23, 2026

The endorsement may come with some financial support, with the group saying it has raised some $25 million to fund its goal of electing more doctors and nurses to office between now and 2030.

From Salon Jul. 21, 2026

"We didn't want that, she didn't want that, even the nurses at Ferndene didn't want that because she was doing well," David said.

From BBC Jul. 18, 2026

“There are very few people who have seen what I’ve seen, other than the doctors and nurses who went with me. Journalists from the outside world aren’t allowed in,” he said.

From Slate Jul. 14, 2026

Even in life or death situations, doctors, nurses, and patients all responded to bad incentives.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

She nursed a swollen ankle after falling in the evacuation centre.

From Barron's Jul. 27, 2026

My husband had devotedly nursed me through my own illness, only to be hit by one far worse.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 17, 2026

Even classical music listeners have their version in what may be the most legendary rivalry of all — the one that also-ran Italian composer Antonio Salieri supposedly nursed with Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

From Salon May 16, 2026

They had been nursed back to health after being sickened by a toxic algal bloom.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 5, 2025

Aunt Shuvai nursed her baby while busily shoveling porridge into the mouths of her two smallest sons.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer

Further south, another wildfire near Biscarrosse in the Landes region forced more than 23,000 people to evacuate homes, campsites, a nursing home and a summer camp.

From BBC Jul. 24, 2026

People have been evacuated from nursing homes, campsites, public buildings and private homes as the flames encroach on urban areas.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 24, 2026

They can then spread through hospitals, nursing homes, and communities.

From Science Daily Jul. 22, 2026

A hybrid long-term-care policy provides a death benefit as well as coverage for care at home, in an assisted-living facility or in a nursing home.

From MarketWatch Jul. 21, 2026

Women had traditionally worked in fields such as teaching and nursing.

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman




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