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poor health

NOUN
helplessness
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Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan has been taken to a hospital in the capital, Islamabad, following complaints about his poor health.

From BBC Aug. 20, 2026

Pakistan's Supreme Court ordered authorities on Tuesday to move jailed former prime minister Imran Khan to hospital for medical checks, after the popular politician's lawyers complained about his poor health.

From Barron's Aug. 18, 2026

“She is in poor health and owns a home with a reverse mortgage that has been used to help pay for her caregivers.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 28, 2026

She is on Medicaid, is in poor health and owns a home with a reverse mortgage that has been used to help pay for her caregivers.

From MarketWatch Jul. 28, 2026

In poor health since the birth of another daughter, Lucy, Jefferson’s wife had been confined to bed, “dangerously ill” in Jefferson’s words.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis




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