indigent

Five years ago, Devi, the only daughter in a rural, indigent Sri Lankan family and a principal figure in Randy Boyagoda’s “Lords of Serendipity,” made the finals of a spelling competition.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

She was asked to join because of her extensive research and writing about the structure of indigent defense.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 21, 2026

When the center was founded in 1971, it mainly did legal work for clients who were indigent or had civil-liberties complaints.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 30, 2026

In the motion, Robertson described Flores as indigent and said his client was unable to retain immigration counsel.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 21, 2026

Civil rights groups have also developed litigation and important coalitions related to the school-to-prison pipeline, inadequate indigent defense, and juvenile justice reform, to name a few.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander

When it becomes apparent, with the approach of evening, that the city cannot house all its indigents, those already in the library decide to stay there overnight.

From The New Yorker ● Apr. 5, 2019

Nothing fancy or pretentious at this humble site, a resting place established for city indigents in the 1870s.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 28, 2019

For 12 years she maintained an appellate practice in California representing indigents on appeal from adverse rulings.

From Slate ● Jun. 21, 2018

The emergency needs of indigents who were not members of the Society were also taken care of, though regular members received most of the organization’s benefits.

From Washington Times ● Mar. 12, 2016

People swarming in, cities doubling and trebling in numbers of inhabitants, while the fiscal guardians groan over the increasing weight of improvements and the need to care for a large new spate of indigents.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck