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  • past participle of nurse.
  • past tense form of nurse.

nursed





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

From Barron's ● Jul. 27, 2026

Eleanor Nash, community ranger at Forestry England, said beaver kits were nursed for about two to three months.

From BBC ● Jul. 1, 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

Jones nursed a knee injury during training camp and was traded to the Tennessee Titans.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 7, 2026

She wrote like it was a fairy tale, and reading those pages felt like peeking into the Mom of ten years ago: the Mom who wrote a book and nursed a baby.

From "The Science of Breakable Things" by Tae Keller




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