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[wawrd] / wɔrd /




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Nearly 3,000 patients a day had to be cared for in hospital corridors or make-shift treatment areas rather in a bed on a ward in England last month, figures show.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

Yes, the same ward where Ken Kesey wrote “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026

Riley remains the councillor for Chepstow's Bulwark and Thornwell ward but will sit as an independent.

From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026

Another midwife recalled being told she had to return to the labour ward to deliver babies, after she had personally experienced a late miscarriage.

From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026

If only she had a gourd to ward off the wicked spirits that delight in displacing everyday things.

From "In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson" by Bette Bao Lord




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