assist
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The US Department of Homeland Security said Saturday it was on standby to send emergency management officials to assist states, if needed.
From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026
Amazon’s robots, which are deployed across more than 300 of its facilities, assist with 75% of customer orders, the company said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
Marco Reus had a goal and an assist, João Klauss and Pablo Ruiz also scored a goal, and the Galaxy beat Minnesota United 3-2 on Saturday night.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
"Emergency services are on site and we are fully cooperating with the authorities to support those affected and assist with the ongoing response", it added.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026
He was a decent man who had been many years in the employ of the Company—not the kind of man who could be bribed to assist in a crime.
From "Murder on the Orient Express" by Agatha Christie
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The 21-year-old, who had a career-high 29 goals and 38 assists last season, is the NHL’s highest-paid player this season.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026
For the first time in 20 years, the Kings are starting a season without Anze Kopitar, the franchise leader in games, assists and points and a two-time Stanley Cup champion.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026
Sullivan has seven goals and five assists in MLS this season.
From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026
The winger started five of England's games and also provided four assists.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
The trio developed what they called a Win Score, which was a rating system based on combining points and assists and rebounds and turnovers and shooting percentages in a complicated equation.
From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell
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The more useful question isn’t whether AI assisted with a piece, but whether the person whose name appears on it can honestly claim its ideas, verify its facts and defend its conclusions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026
He scored once and assisted three goals for Graham Potter's side before they were knocked out by France in the last 32.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
A nursing-home room could cost $100,000 a year or more than $60,000 for assisted living.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026
In 2019, he assisted the campaigns of several leftist Peronist candidates in provincial races in Argentina, and later founded his own consultancy, Numen.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026
Then he assisted Henry Ford II with restructuring the Ford Foundation, of which he would later serve as president.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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The law also allows parents, siblings and other relatives to complain to police about an allegedly unlawful conversion, leaving the person accused of causing or assisting it to prove that it was lawful.
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026
She is the Safer Shrewsbury coordinator, responsible for the Shrewsbury Rangers, external - a security team which patrols the streets, assisting shopkeepers and the police.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
Two people have been arrested in London on suspicion of assisting Iran's intelligence service, the Metropolitan Police has said.
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026
Also assisting Pat are her eccentric neighbor, Prichard Knowles, and her daughter, Sofia, who contributes tough-love tips on how her mother might improve her own insensitive behavior.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
“Before I go on, I need to introduce Gary Payne, another caseworker who will be assisting me with your group today,” he said.
From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
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