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assistance

[uh-sis-tuhns] / əˈsɪs təns /


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The Police Department received word of the incident via a call from Life360, a family safety and location-sharing app with emergency assistance features.

From Los Angeles Times • May 9, 2026

This can happen voluntarily - where people agree to leave the UK in return for financial or travel assistance - or involuntarily, when people are detained and escorted out of the country by immigration officers.

From BBC • May 9, 2026

Counting all those stranded is difficult, but the Palestinian Authority's labour ministry said in March it had provided cash assistance to 4,605 Gazans stuck in the West Bank.

From Barron's • May 9, 2026

Since the end of 2023, healthcare and social assistance have added nearly 1.8 million private-sector jobs.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 9, 2026

“You are among friends. Something is troubling you. If there’s anything either of us can do to be of assistance, you have only to ask.”

From "The Young Man and the Sea" by Rodman Philbrick




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