ward
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Yes, the same ward where Ken Kesey wrote “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026
Just four hours earlier, baby Fares had been born in the maternity ward.
From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026
That has been the U.S. standard to ward off nuclear-weapons proliferation.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026
"It's the antithesis of a hospital ward," says garden designer Sarah Price.
From BBC • May 29, 2026
An increase in plankton in the water drawn from the boreholes around the ship—a sure sign of approaching spring—didn’t ward off the suspense that all the men now felt.
From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong
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