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charity

[char-i-tee] / ˈtʃær ɪ ti /




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Charity can do good, but Mr. Bezos is right: Business can do better.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026

St. Vincent’s was founded in 1856 by the Daughters of Charity as L.A.’s first hospital.

From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026

Audlem Charity Shop, in Cheshire, used to open Monday to Saturday and would take a few hundred pounds in a week.

From BBC • May 19, 2026

The Seafarers' Charity cites hypervigilance, burnout, fatigue, loneliness, depression and anxiety as some of the mental strains facing the 20,000 seafarers stranded by Iran's blockade of the Strait of Hormuz since February 28.

From Barron's • May 9, 2026

Charity picked up the broom by the hearth and began to sweep.

From "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare




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