ICU
Americanabbreviation
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intensive care unit
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text messaging I see you
Example Sentences
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It wasn’t like the high school ex-boyfriend who died in a car crash, or the grandparent who went into an ICU and didn’t come out.
From Slate • Apr. 23, 2026
The author argues that Bovino’s inflammatory rhetoric and theatrical enforcement style backfired, with his unsubstantiated claim that slain ICU nurse Alex Pretti wanted to “massacre law enforcement” particularly damaging public perception of immigration enforcement efforts.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2026
Speaking to reporters after visiting the hospital, Majhi said the fire affected the trauma care ICU as well as an adjoining ICU and wards.
From BBC • Mar. 16, 2026
Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison is concerned the federal government may “withhold” information about the death of ICU nurse Alex Pretti.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 28, 2026
“I’d like to visit a patient,” he says, gesturing toward the doors blocking him from the ICU.
From "If I Stay" by Gayle Forman
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