as in ministered (to)
to attend to the needs and comforts of
volunteers administering to the terminally ill at a hospice
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There’s evidence of puppies being nursed alongside human babies in Polynesia, Melanesia, and the Americas.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 Jan. 2026 -
The Rams nursed a slim three-point lead when both teams headed to their respective locker rooms at the end of the second quarter.—
Chantz Martin,
FOXNews.com,
11 Jan. 2026
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The entire time, nobody treated me the way I was supposed to be treated.—
Cheyenne Roundtree,
Rolling Stone,
31 Jan. 2026
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Lynch was taken to a local hospital to be treated for facial fractures, a cranial leak and other injuries.—
Katie Houlis,
CBS News,
31 Jan. 2026
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If she is healed enough to compete at the Milan Cortina Games next week, Vonn is poised to make history as the oldest woman to ever compete in alpine racing in Winter Olympics history.—
Gillian Telling,
PEOPLE,
30 Jan. 2026
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Logging off healed the deep wound of constantly watching other people’s lives instead of tending to my own.—
Lee Tilghman,
SELF,
28 Jan. 2026
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“Administered (to).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/administered%20%28to%29. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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