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[wawrd] / wɔrd /




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While Elliot was still recovering in a maternity ward the next day, Zhang demanded she buy a car seat and drive Zhang and her newborn son to the airport, according to the suit.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

The most important part of the training is "to remind me that we are here on a woman's journey, they are not on our journey," says Tasha Simmons, a midwifery ward manager at the trust.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

During the many air-raid alerts, Iryna Stebnivska stays in the ward where her four-month-old baby is being treated, rather than going to the shelter.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026

On the night of Cahan's death, staff on the ward were found to have been asleep on the job and on their phones for long periods.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

Eleanor fanned herself with her notepad to ward off the oppressive heat.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu

The disdain in her eyes wards off anyone from seeing weakness.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

The coroner said, "despite assurances" from the Trust in numerous action plans", the inquest had "revealed widespread concerns" about how observations were carried out across two wards."

From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026

"We have got to have a better approach to patient safety in what are the most difficult and most vulnerable wards with the people who are the most unwell."

From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026

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

All the officer patients in the ward were forced to censor letters written by all the enlisted-men patients, who were kept in residence in wards of their own.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller

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

They were also revered as talismans that warded off evil spirits.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 2, 2025

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

Mr. Armin warded the blows easily enough but often failed to return them.

From "The Shakespeare Stealer" by Gary L. Blackwood

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

Social media–savvy psychologists and life coaches have created a cottage industry of warding off and healing from narcissists.

From Slate ● Jul. 23, 2025

As public attention increases, researchers have the dual task of building better evidence and warding off misconceptions.

From Science Magazine ● Apr. 24, 2024

They ask the perfect questions to keep the conversation flowing, warding off any lulls.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern




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