1
as in to watch
to take charge of especially on behalf of another
will you care for the lawn while we're gone?
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2
as in to nurse
to attend to the needs and comforts of
he is caring for his mother while she's sick
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3
as in to accept
to have a favorable opinion of
I don't really care for what you're doing with that dog
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as in to want
to wish to have
I don't particularly care for rice cereal, but I'll eat it
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5
as in to prefer
to show partiality toward
she generally doesn't care for war movies
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San Clemente, San Juan Hills, Huntington Beach, Downey and Carson are the teams to watch.
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Viewers can watch on ABC, ABC News Live, the ESPN App, Freeform, FX and National Geographic.
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Unluckily, Alys, freshly alienated by Daemon, arrives just in time to nurse the enemy of her enemy back to health.
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They are set to be without right-back Reece James, who is nursing a hamstring injury.
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Challenge accepted While visitors boarded the ships to learn about foreign cultures, sailors operating the vessels found their own ways to connect with their international counterparts.
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The Saudi Tennis Federation accepted WTA’s proposal, and the two organizations mutually agreed on the conclusion of the hosting arrangement and remain proud of the achievements realized through their partnership.
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With potentially record-breaking heat coming to Washington, DC on the Fourth of July, people wanting to catch fireworks by saving an early spot on the National Mall will have a lot of waiting to do.
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And who wouldn’t want to stay a good long while here—especially to take maximum advantage of that 16,000-square-foot spa?
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On matchdays, the first sittings begin around five hours before kick-off, with the last one taking place around three hours before, usually taken by the substitutes who prefer to eat later.
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Seed Bare Patches in Your Lawn Cicada killer wasps prefer to burrow into bare soil and are less likely to tunnel through dense grass, says Schumacher.
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While older children can use sparklers, they should be supervised, Heckman said.
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Between there, and running upstairs to supervise fittings of his monumentally sculptural work with his stylist Tallulah Harlech, the designer caught a rare moment to sit and talk.
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If your go-to bag is a roomy tote, treat yourself to the Medium City Tote by Coach.
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He was then treated by medical staff and was considered stable, police said.
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But Alonso also likes to offset the industrial nature of concrete with warmth.
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And that’s why Howard Zinn has sold 5 million copies, because teenagers sort of like to be in on something.
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“Care (for).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/care%20%28for%29. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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