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The condition of a 9-year-old boy she had been caring for had deteriorated sharply, and he had been intubated, one doctor reported.

From New York Times • May 20, 2024

Mrs Groom had been caring for her elderly mother but had also worked a minimum wage job at a local Co-op supermarket for about five years.

From BBC • Apr. 5, 2024

A group of women filed in — nurses who had been caring for Basel at the hospital.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 2, 2024

Ofir Tamir, 26, said his kidnapped friend, Noa Argamani, who is also 26, had been caring for her mother, Loira Argamani, who suffered incurable brain cancer.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 27, 2023

“If only we could determine who had been caring for you in the woods,” she mused aloud.

From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood