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The pictures showed Francis in a wheelchair, visiting the cancer ward for children at Rome's Gemelli Hospital, which is next to the room where he has been convalescing for more than a week.

From Reuters • Jun. 15, 2023

Zuma, 79, has been convalescing from an undisclosed illness, and has been allowed to see out the rest of his sentence at home on health grounds.

From Reuters • Sep. 21, 2021

Mr. Saleh has been convalescing in Riyadh since political opponents shelled his presidential palace in San'a on June 3, leaving Yemen's leader with severe burns and other injuries.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 10, 2011

It will not be altogether surprising if the story ends with the man recovering full consciousness, and finding he has been convalescing in a hammock in a rose-garden.

From The New Jerusalem by Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith)

During the time he has been convalescing, he has been studying her, and as one trait after another unfolds itself, he wonders how it will all end.

From Jolly Sally Pendleton Or, the Wife Who Was Not a Wife by Libbey, Laura Jean