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volunteer

[vol-uhn-teer] / ˌvɒl ənˈtɪər /


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It has rejected his advice to retain a restriction on volunteer magistrates that means they can only jail an offender for 12 months.

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

As soon as volunteers identified where detainees had been taken, information was fed into a digital dashboard matching them with volunteer drivers.

From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2026

She also served as a volunteer youth basketball coach.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

Lisa Sabatine, 67, was involved with Platner’s campaign from the outset as a volunteer coordinator and is now organizing and canvassing with another group, People Power Maine.

From Salon ● Oct. 12, 2026

By luck or persistence, either women took roles right beside men or they joined volunteer regiments known as “people’s corps” that sprang up all over the nation and later merged with the Red Army.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein

"We are also seeing families accessing us, our group as volunteers, because there is nothing else for them," she said.

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

To better understand the relationship between aging and autophagy, the researchers collected blood and skin samples from volunteers between the ages of 23 and 72.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 13, 2026

High school sports programs are filled with dozens of volunteers — manning the snack bar, taking tickets, helping provide security, cleaning floors, carrying equipment and taking statistics.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2026

Last winter, food began to run low as fewer volunteers braved the road to deliver supplies.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026

The recruiter was looking for twelve volunteers from Moscow University.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein

Gehlen, who was sponsored by the Americans, volunteered a trove of intelligence on the Soviet Union amassed under the Nazis and went on to recruit members of the SS and the Gestapo who evaded denazification.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

Way back in the Bush II and Obama years, I volunteered at my college radio station in the Music Procurement Department or whatever it was called.

From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2026

Ghobadi has volunteered for a program that teaches fifth-grade students about the law, served on a community college board and fosters “several dogs a year to prevent them from being housed in crowded shelters.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

Denise Lee, from Ashington, West Sussex, had loved horses since childhood and volunteered with the Riding for the Disabled Association but her cancer diagnosis meant she could no longer ride.

From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026

The sled dogs, who referred to themselves as the Pack, volunteered to sing a few choral pieces consisting of a lot of yips and howls.

From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el

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

Raising your hand for middle management right now feels like volunteering to be laid off the next time your employer decides to become more “nimble.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

Meanwhile, during the day, Prince William and Catherine will visit community and volunteering projects on the Isle of Bute.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

Mom had stopped volunteering with the community theater and started working at an accounting office.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas




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