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Like millions of others, they are destitute, often hungry, living in a tent at al-Mawasi, a desolate area of sand dunes.

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He said that “too many of our country’s citizens live destitute lives” on the street and that any solution must address their mental health needs and bring services to people before they become unhoused.

Sam Faiers from ITV’s The Only Way is Essex became a PRC ambassador, and last September was taken to Uganda to meet orphaned and destitute children.

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Here, destitute migrants from around the world bide time as they wait for the opportunity to request asylum at the U.S. border.

I was now the servant of a destitute man.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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