assist
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It is enough preparation to help on the nights when I still want to cook, but would appreciate an assist.
From Salon ● Aug. 25, 2026
Since opening the evaluation, the agency has received more reports of losing brake assist, some of which have described issues inconsistent with GM’s description of a spindle failure.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
The trial judge issued that injunction more recently, finding that these groups too have been injured by having to take steps to assist voters for November’s elections.
From Slate ● Aug. 24, 2026
The driver reports allege an immediate loss of brake assist functionality instead of the loss occurring after the vehicle comes to a complete stop.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
“You may call a representative of the U.S. embassy to assist you,” he was told.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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Though Miles trails another MVP candidate, Indiana Fever star Caitlin Clark, in points and assists per game, she is more efficient by most measures.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026
With a season under his belt, there is a genuine belief among those at Liverpool that there is much more to come from the German, who scored seven goals and provided 10 assists last season.
From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026
Miles averages 20 points and 6.2 assists per game, ranking among the top 10 in the league for both statistics.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026
Minteh, who joined Brighton from Newcastle for £30m in 2024, plays primarily on the right wing and has scored 10 goals and provided nine assists in 73 appearances for the Seagulls.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
I move for the cash register, where Joel assists me again.
From "They Both Die at the End" by Adam Silvera
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And during Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch’s 2017 confirmation hearings, some media outlets claimed that President Donald Trump’s nominee had plagiarized parts of his 2006 book about assisted suicide.
From Salon ● Aug. 23, 2026
A $2-billion high-rise affordable housing complex is set to change the skyline of Warner Center and set a new precedent for assisted senior living in Los Angeles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
A Russian tanker suffered serious damage to its hull while sailing along the Arctic route despite being assisted by an icebreaker, its insurer, AlfaStrakhovanie, said Thursday, adding that it paid out roughly $650,000.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
Macron's office hailed the Constitutional Council's decision on the assisted dying law, seen as one of the major social reforms of his second term.
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
Blood allowed Woodhull to pursue her interests, and he often assisted with her schemes.
From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling
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If I wasn’t so scared of tumbling into the ocean, I would have laughed at the fact that a woman who was technically a senior citizen was the one assisting a twentysomething.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
Earlier, the UK Coastguard said: "A vessel caught fire earlier this morning whilst in the French search and rescue region. UK vessels and a lifeboat are assisting."
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
He turned down assisting a professor with data analysis for a book, for instance, because it would have required substantial changes to his class schedule that would sidetrack his early graduation.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 4, 2026
In other words, to the extent bombing had an effect on the war, it was by assisting the ground war—not by shaping the course of the war from the sky on its own.
From Slate ● Jul. 30, 2026
With Perry assisting him, he went to work.
From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote
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