ward
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Hivsa Walid, her newborn niece and sister-in-law were in the ward next door.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
It found no evidence that the staff in the unit had been trained or had ever rehearsed how to evacuate the ward of newborns, many of whom were premature or "medically fragile".
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
Biohackers are turning to the shingles vaccine to ward off heart issues and delay dementia, but doctors want to see clinical evidence from rigorous medical studies before making the case to their patients.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026
Stillman became a councillor for the West Hampstead ward earlier this year and is the outgoing chairman of Camden Liberal Democrats.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
One day a famous doctor was in the ward.
From "My Life with the Chimpanzees" by Jane Goodall
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Just a few metres away, life was returning to the hospital, with patients admitted to wards while doctors and nurses bustled around the facility's maze-like corridors.
From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026
For two decades, the only shield against respiratory syncytial virus, which fills pediatric wards each winter, was a drug called Synagis.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
There is no "strong independent evidence" that a monitoring system used widely in mental health wards has improved patient safety, an inquiry has heard.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
He also claimed he was told not to campaign in certain wards where activists did not want him because they did not agree with his views on "matters of conscience".
From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2026
With the help of Brother Ugo, who’d unofficially taken them on as wards, they’d become two of the youngest apprentices in the temple’s history.
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
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These latest figures have warded off recession concerns, at least for now.
From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026
Some actual Buffetts have warded off comparisons to Berkshire’s chairman.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 19, 2026
Infrastructure like the Grapevine might’ve also warded her off.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 14, 2026
The drug, called lolamicin, also warded off secondary infections with Clostridioides difficile, a common and dangerous hospital-associated bacterial infection, and was effective against more than 130 multidrug-resistant bacterial strains in cell culture.
From Science Daily ● May 29, 2024
He neither welcomed it, nor warded it off.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
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Praised for warding off pests, so-called bodega cats are also a cultural fixture for New Yorkers, some of whom are now pushing to enshrine legal rights for the little store helpers.
From Barron's ● Feb. 10, 2026
The subsidy-fueled gold rush emboldened unions to squeeze producers, warding off studios looking for inexpensive film locations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 23, 2026
Part of rebirth is the bittersweet mastery of warding off misaligned energy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2025
Social media–savvy psychologists and life coaches have created a cottage industry of warding off and healing from narcissists.
From Slate ● Jul. 23, 2025
Lee shook his head quickly, raised a hand as if warding him off.
From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara
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