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aid

[ayd] / eɪd /




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"We're very lucky to have the first aid training that we do, and if we can occasionally be in the right place at the right time to help people out, then fantastic," he said.

From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026

The region’s struggling truckers say they need more aid to help ports reach their green goals.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026

A US-brokered local ceasefire in southern Ukraine was holding for a second day, both sides said on Wednesday, as hopes grew that vital aid would be able to reach stranded residents.

From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026

The pause in fighting is designed to allow humanitarian aid into the city and evacuate those who want to go.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

PIH staff has begun to focus on methods of structuring aid and loans so that in the future the sick and indigent will be the primary beneficiaries.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French

Instead, it aids exercise, helping you lift heavier weights or do more reps per set.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026

Still the glory of Mr. Groom’s “Vampire Tales” lies in its reading aids.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

Sleeping better — or getting hearing aids or cataract surgery — won’t immunize you from all types of fraud.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 25, 2026

While others with hearing disorders can perceive certain low-frequency vibrations as sound, for Pride almost everything is completely inaudible without powerful hearing aids.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026

Many of their newborn children will also contract aids and die of the virus in childhood.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston

The victory was aided by a 19% abstention rate, one of the lowest on record, after a push to mobilize voters who skipped the first round.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026

It turns out that sitting on that knowledge for a month only aided in my experience with the movie.

From Salon ● Oct. 25, 2026

That number was aided by the massive box office reception for Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey,” which has grossed nearly $1.8 billion worldwide.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

Once again, however, the Seagulls' enviable data-led recruitment model, aided by club owner Tony Bloom's close links to Jamestown Analytics, appears to have found a promising replacement.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

Nine Lords there were, and after the return of their Master, which they aided and prepared in secret, they grew strong again.

From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien

He argues the technology could modernize court infrastructure, aiding in case management, scheduling and document processing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

And being stuck in a hospital bed is not good for a patient, often leading to a decline in physical health rather than aiding their recovery.

From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026

These companies might be working on their own assistants, and a Siri integration could be seen as aiding and abetting the competition.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026

Foreign experts, including from China, India, and South Korea, are aiding Nepali teams in rescue efforts -- among them Dix.

From Barron's ● Sep. 7, 2026

He needed a walk that day, and needed walks for many days following, to work out what he’d done and why, how he had forgotten his child while aiding his wife.

From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers


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