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assistance

[uh-sis-tuhns] / əˈsɪs təns /


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Laguna Beach Marine Safety, along with the assistance of the Orange County Sheriff’s Department Harbor Patrol, responded to the scene, and she was identified as the missing victim by the Orange County coroner’s office.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

The last El Nino cycle in 2023-2024 brought southern Africa's worst drought in more than a century, leaving 61 million people in need of assistance, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization.

From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026

Enter Housing Choice Vouchers, a HUD program started in 1998 that merged two earlier assistance programs.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

But assistance for these individuals is in short supply.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

“You are among friends. Something is troubling you. If there’s anything either of us can do to be of assistance, you have only to ask.”

From "The Young Man and the Sea" by Rodman Philbrick




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