indigent
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He also raised funds to provide free inoculation for indigent children in Philadelphia.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026
As a young immigration lawyer in California’s Central Valley, Matthew Barragan cut his teeth defending the rights of indigent workers facing deportation.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2025
To avoid paying the SEC judgments, prosecutors say, Bilzerian falsely represented that he was indigent.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 27, 2024
And in North Carolina, the campaign is narrowly focused on promoting Democrats’ successful efforts to expand Medicaid, which will extend nearly-free government health insurance to thousands of people and reduce the indigent population for hospitals.
From Seattle Times • May 19, 2024
Soon after Mayor Clarkson heard Rush’s news that yellow fever had reappeared, he tried to address the problem of indigent individuals.
From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy
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