poor
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But he said Britain was doing a "poor job" of handling sickness in the workplace, leading to more people becoming disengaged and dropping out altogether.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
The Washington Post reports that ICE has begun firing some recent recruits, citing “red flags that should have been identified earlier, or poor performance.”
From Slate ● Sep. 23, 2026
Nearly 50 years ago, education researcher Ronald Edmonds asked why some urban schools succeeded with poor children while others serving similar students failed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
Over 17 years and thousands of poor reviews, Anderson’s adaptations of the beloved Capcom survival-horror video game series became somewhat famous for pissing off critics and diehard game fans alike.
From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026
Look, you have scared him half to death, poor skinny little rabbit.
From "Rowan of Rin" by Emily Rodda
When facing questions from the committee, the tired-looking Patel did a much poorer job than Bondi of flinging insults at senators.
From Salon ● Sep. 18, 2026
When superficial white matter was healthier, the link between gray matter loss and poorer cognition was weaker.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 14, 2026
The government is to scrap its advisory body on social mobility, with a new "class unit" charged with improving life opportunities for poorer people.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
The 35-year-old has managed to set himself up in a fashionable district, even though informal businesses like his are mostly confined to poorer neighbourhoods.
From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026
He was living with his uncle, and they were even poorer than us.
From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo
The most marginalized and poorest may have no option but to stay behind.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026
For the next 16 years, he hardly owned any material possessions and worked for free as a high school teacher in San Francisco and throughout some of the poorest areas in the San Joaquin Valley.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026
The UN's migration agency said Monday that the renewed fighting in the Arab world's poorest country had forced 93,864 people to flee their homes.
From Barron's ● Sep. 15, 2026
Albania is one of the poorest countries in Europe.
From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2026
Actually in the Shire in Bilbo’s days it was, as a rule, only the richest and the poorest Hobbits that maintained the old custom.
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
