humanitarian
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President Obama treated Ebola as a humanitarian emergency and a national-security priority.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026
On May 23, the authorities suspended all commercial flights to and from the airport in Bunia, the capital of Ituri in the conflict-plagued eastern DRC, allowing only medical and humanitarian planes in.
From Barron's • Jun. 2, 2026
Can you update us on the humanitarian crisis?
From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2026
The Ebola outbreak is posing massive challenges for medical aid organisations, a senior humanitarian official has said.
From BBC • May 24, 2026
After the German surrender, he brought one more argument to the table: using the bomb on Japan would fatally compromise America’s moral and humanitarian standing, undermining any efforts to create a workable international control regime.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
Vocabulary lists containing humanitarian
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Power Suffix: -arian
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