nursed
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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
He has been carefully nursed back to fitness on a diet of white-ball cricket and played for Sussex in the County Championship last week, taking one wicket in 18 overs.
From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2025
They don't need to: the pups will happily take turns being nursed from the same mammary gland, and this devoted and well-cared-for mother spends plenty of time with each of her many, many beloved children.
From Salon ● May 11, 2025
So Demeter nursed Demophoön, the son that Metaneira had borne to wise Celeus.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
