assist
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Another $2,000 is listed for Cornerstone Schools that year “to assist the inner city schools in Uganda,” which is what Cornerstone Schools does in Detroit and Cornerstone Development does not do in Uganda’s inner-city schools.
From Salon • Jun. 9, 2026
The issue is acute enough that local Moscow-installed authorities have had to launch a special hotline to assist them.
From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026
While Clark still wonderfully directs them around the court as the league’s assist leader, this show comes with a price.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2026
Rico’s assistance comes at a price: Kendal must assist a fledgling agent who’s infiltrated a secretive and seemingly nefarious tech company.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
Our forces being so sickly, the Marines have been landed again and prevailed upon to assist with guard details.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
Vocabulary lists containing assist
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Herbert Hoover on "Rugged Individualism" (1928)
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