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assisting

ADJECTIVE
helping
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The FBI’s San Diego office said it was assisting with the investigation, and the Los Angeles division of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives said it was also involved in the response.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026

Border Force official, who worked overseeing immigration and customs controls at Heathrow airport, guilty of assisting a foreign intelligence service.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

The CDC is assisting local health authorities with monitoring California residents who were aboard the cruise, Robert Barsanti, a spokesman for the California Department of Public Health, told The New York Times.

From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2026

The inquiry has received thousands of submissions about the impact of "one of society's oldest hatreds", said the counsel assisting the inquiry, Zelie Hegen.

From Barron's • May 4, 2026

Despite the work I'd done assisting people on death row, I questioned how prepared I was to do really difficult things.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson




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