orphanage
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Rather than the Virgin Mary, the money "should be invested in a hospital or orphanage," one married couple from Sierpce, some 30 kilometres from the statue, told AFP.
From Barron's ● Jul. 27, 2026
The KWS has not commented on the allegation about the car park but said that the public had been consulted about the plan to constrict a new orphanage.
From BBC ● Jun. 8, 2026
Instead of being cared for in the orphanage, the two children were adopted together in Denmark, like tens of thousands of others sent overseas in a state-sanctioned practice that lasted decades.
From Barron's ● Jun. 4, 2026
In Anaheim, St. Catherine’s Academy combines Catholic boys’ K-8 education and military traditions, having its beginnings in a girls school, later an orphanage, and, in 1924, a military school.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 22, 2026
It was Uncle Sulaiman, the night watchman at the orphanage, who must have followed me out.
From "Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina" by Michaela DePrince
Born in Los Angeles on June 1, 1926, Monroe had an unstable childhood spent between orphanages and foster homes.
From Barron's ● Jun. 1, 2026
Fanwo urged operators of orphanages, schools, and similar institutions to always engage appropriately with the appropriate government agencies "especially in the current security climate".
From BBC ● Apr. 27, 2026
Others said Sovann Komar moved them to orphanages that lacked the perks they had grown accustomed to.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2025
It has also been found in wild elephant herds and in some sanctuaries and elephant orphanages.
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2025
He donated money to orphanages and leprosy clinics.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
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