operating theater
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After two decades in the operating theater he knew everything about his performance, including his weakness: a tendency to demand almost as much of everyone else in the room as of himself.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 11, 2025
The room was circular and tilted downward, like an operating theater.
From Slate • Jan. 27, 2024
Delashaw had particularly protested that The Times’ articles implied that his actions at the clinic, both inside and outside the operating theater, put patients at risk.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 19, 2021
For those last moments, I was something more like an extension of the operating theater.
From New York Times • Jul. 21, 2021
“Good,” he said, “we are taking you to the operating theater immediately.”
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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