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[purs] / pɜrs /




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A cancer-patient assistance program called Verna’s Purse helped hold storage costs to a few hundred dollars a year.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026

The aid would be distributed through Catholic Relief Services and Samaritan's Purse, an evangelical Protestant charity, and not handed over directly to the Cuban government, he said.

From Barron's • May 19, 2026

Some are missionary groups such as United Bible Societies, whose primary activity globally is translating and distributing bibles, and Samaritan’s Purse, a U.S.-based evangelical group that provides medical care and other emergency services.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 8, 2026

Mr Purse said his father would describe how contaminated sand would blow "everywhere", including into bedding, clothing and food, following the tests in Maralinga in South Australia.

From BBC • Jun. 25, 2025

I thought it very nice of him, considering he has won so many races in England, to wish to win our Purse here.”

From Luck at the Diamond Fields by Belgrave, Dalrymple J.




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