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volunteer

[vol-uhn-teer] / ˌvɒl ənˈtɪər /


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A volunteer guard stood watch from within, peering out into the parking lot, scanning for activity, opening the door just one body’s width to let people slide in, or out, as needed.

From Slate ● Oct. 26, 2026

She wants to travel, volunteer at the library and be around the grandkids while we’re both healthy.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 26, 2026

She’s also infamously bubbly: When a canvasser door-knocked 9th Circuit Judge Richard Paez, for whom Roy had clerked, he reportedly asked the volunteer to give her a hug.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

The Mahatir Mohammad Zain Foundation, a disaster relief NGO, said the 51-year-old volunteer passed away after falling ill with chest tightness while helping fight a fire in the Barito Kuala Regency.

From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2026

I’d have to find a way to tell Katie about Connie’s committee and the presentation and, presto, she’d probably volunteer to help me out with that, too.

From "Liar, Liar" by Gary Paulsen

Thousands of volunteers have also been involved in the clean-up.

From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026

The Fly&Vote operation includes around 20 full-time staff and more than 50 volunteers who coordinate with airlines and travel agencies and organized half a dozen flights to bring voters back.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2026

Harper explained that preparations involve checking vehicles and equipment to ensure volunteers are ready for any call out.

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026

His death was "a reminder of the risks volunteers face in handling forest and land fires", said the foundation.

From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2026

Christmas music plays loudly in the building, and volunteers in Santa hats unload the truck.

From "On the Come Up" by Angie Thomas

He then volunteered to take part in the study but, like all the other participants, he still doesn't know whether he was given the experimental vaccine or a placebo alongside his immunotherapy treatment.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

"One of them showed symptoms seven days after arriving and was admitted to the Ebola treatment centre," said Bakikula, who volunteered to work at the facility after surviving Ebola herself.

From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026

Johnson said that Barbabella volunteered for some of the most difficult posts.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026

His son coaches for Palos Verdes, so he volunteered to shoot the games.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2026

Wynn and Nan had volunteered to deliver more than twenty jars of rallypops while I was working.

From "Hope Springs" by Jaime Berry

To all the moms and dads volunteering, you’re the unsung heroes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2026

Life is not one big vacation, so there are many ways you can fill your time — volunteering, playing golf or tennis, etc.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026

Yet Yu Wenlei, a 21-year-old university student in Nanjing who was volunteering at the Romantic Center on a recent Saturday, said her fellow Gen Zers have reservations about parenthood.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026

As well as local farmers, there will be an emphasis on community involvement and volunteering as part of the work.

From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026

But with no eyewitnesses who could place him with Booth, and him not volunteering anything, he was eventually released, as was Captain Cox.

From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson


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