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against medical advice
He signed out AMA [against medical advice]. Then he came back a week later, he was more sick.—
Sydney Lewis
Sydney Lewis2
American Medical Association
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Travel + Leisure Editors, Travel + Leisure, 12 Sep. 2024
Tuesday afternoon, Sharifi was eager to go to the Frisco home of her sister and brother-in-law and the nephew and niece who called her ama, Dari for aunt.
—Dallas News, 25 Oct. 2022
Elsewhere, there are two spas in the mail hull—one forward; the other aft—as well as a helipad and a pool on each ama, because double the amenities means double the fun.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 27 June 2022
This internal oleation, Lad claims, loosens up and dislodges the disseminated ama.
—Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 23 Feb. 2022
There was also Pii, who ran the turtle program, and taught me how to catch black ama crabs on the sea wall with just a bamboo stick and some thread, before salt-curing them for dinner or releasing them back into the ocean.
—Megan Spurrell, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Apr. 2020
In Japan, the ama have been free diving along the Ise-Shima Peninsula for thousands of years.
—Lale Arikoglu, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Mar. 2018
As of last year, there were only 2,000 amas in Japan.
—Lale Arikoglu, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Mar. 2018
Traditionally these canoes only have one ama, but ours at Fairmont Kea Lani have two to provide extra safety and stability for guests.
—As Told To Perry Garfinkel, New York Times, 22 Sep. 2017
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Noun
Or the last ama, the female pearl divers whose traditions go back thousands of years.
—Travel + Leisure Editors, Travel + Leisure, 12 Sep. 2024
Tuesday afternoon, Sharifi was eager to go to the Frisco home of her sister and brother-in-law and the nephew and niece who called her ama, Dari for aunt.
—Dallas News, 25 Oct. 2022
Elsewhere, there are two spas in the mail hull—one forward; the other aft—as well as a helipad and a pool on each ama, because double the amenities means double the fun.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 27 June 2022
This internal oleation, Lad claims, loosens up and dislodges the disseminated ama.
—Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 23 Feb. 2022
There was also Pii, who ran the turtle program, and taught me how to catch black ama crabs on the sea wall with just a bamboo stick and some thread, before salt-curing them for dinner or releasing them back into the ocean.
—Megan Spurrell, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Apr. 2020
In Japan, the ama have been free diving along the Ise-Shima Peninsula for thousands of years.
—Lale Arikoglu, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Mar. 2018
As of last year, there were only 2,000 amas in Japan.
—Lale Arikoglu, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Mar. 2018
Traditionally these canoes only have one ama, but ours at Fairmont Kea Lani have two to provide extra safety and stability for guests.
—As Told To Perry Garfinkel, New York Times, 22 Sep. 2017
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