aid
Example Sentences
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Dale, an electrician, had begun to carry a mobile defibrillator in his work van after an advanced first aid course six months earlier and this was the first time he had had cause to use it.
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An electrician for 14 years, Dale had only installed a rented defibrillator after hearing about them on an advanced first aid course.
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It added that aid continued to be delivered through "approved and vetted channels", including UN agencies, bilateral partners, and humanitarian organisations.
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It said the primary reason aid groups were having their licences revoked was "the refusal to provide complete and verifiable information regarding their employees," which it said was critical to preventing "the infiltration of terrorist operatives into humanitarian structures".
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It added that "even in the past their combined contribution amounted to only about 1% of the total aid volume".
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
