donate
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“Parents donate as much as they can afford, and we fundraise the rest. In 27 years of these trips, I have never left a kid behind.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
You could keep it if the tenant/landlord doesn’t have an answer or, if you feel generous, donate it to charity or — as an act of faith — leave it for the cleaner.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 11, 2026
The couple said they had been left "shattered" by Menna's death, but that her decision to donate her organs had given them comfort.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
About seven years ago, Jim Wiseman rallied his construction company, Rieth-Riley, and others in the community to donate excavators and crews.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
“You sure you don’t want to take the photo out? You could donate just the frame.”
From "We Were Liars" by E. Lockhart
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A living-donor kidney transplant is when a healthy living person donates their kidney.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 25, 2026
Plus, BlackRock donates $100 million to train trade workers and a billion-dollar AI startup founded by teenagers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 11, 2026
During the year, Bet365 donated £130m to the Denise Coates Foundation, which donates to charities covering education, arts and culture and health.
From BBC ● Dec. 23, 2025
A millionaire who donates $30,000 this year is able to cut $11,100 from their taxes, the Fidelity Charitable spokesperson said.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 1, 2025
Dr. Bigelow donates the plaster head of Phineas to go with it.
From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman
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Hundreds of volunteers hurried through the packed parking lot next to Bogota's largest stadium, forming human chains to pass donated water bottles, food provisions, sanitary products and bedding to the sorting area.
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
The NHS transplants one in 10 lungs and one in seven hearts that are donated - half the proportions seen in some other countries.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
The lounge turned into a go-to hub of donated pet supplies for pet owners impacted by the fire.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
The government’s 2026 economic plan notes 320 megawatts worth of donated solar panels from China.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026
Our American relatives wrote letters and sent packages to us, packages filled with food donated by other friends from Narewka now living in the United States.
From "The Boy on the Wooden Box" by Leon Leyson
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If you can't travel to see next year's spectacle or don't want to keep your solar glasses for future partial eclipses in the UK, then you might consider donating them to others.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
You could be donating clothes to a charity and they could say you’re only doing it for the applause.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
Kelly said she admires Swift and Kelce for donating to charity.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 3, 2026
Worse, the patients were the ones feeling emotionally blackmailed into donating money.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 2, 2026
“Nobody is donating much these days. These people keep coming here and asking me for food, and then they start to ask for jobs. You know, they came back from the North with nothing. Nothing.”
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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