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The fact the hospital never treated a patient also misses the point of the Nightingales, the government said.

From BBC • Jul. 29, 2021

As the coronavirus raged through Britain in April 2020, she offered to work in one of the hastily constructed emergency hospitals — called the "Nightingales" — set up for COVID-19 patients.

From Fox News • Jul. 13, 2021

Eugene McCabe – his Death and Nightingales is an astonishing book, dark and ingenious.

From The Guardian • Jul. 20, 2019

Nightingales don't sing unless they hear another nightingale singing.

From Reuters • Mar. 25, 2013

Nightingales built the nest Where, as a lonely guest, First thy young head did rest, Cuckoo, so dear!

From Japanese Literature Including Selections from Genji Monogatari and Classical Poetry and Drama of Japan by Wilson, Epiphanius