community service

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For Katya, a professional events organiser, the parties have stopped - and her world and life have been disrupted following the raid, trial and community service spent mopping hospital floors.

From BBC • May 15, 2026

Lawyers for the defendants declined to comment but in court referenced the men’s community service, according to local reports.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026

Another doctor, Mark Chavez, was ordered to be confined at home and told to do hundreds of hours of community service.

From Barron's • Apr. 8, 2026

It continues to serve food to thousands during the holy months of Ramadan and Muharram, continuing a practice of community service.

From BBC • Mar. 28, 2026

“Number one, I’m not taking your contest money. Number two, I already got it worked out. I’ll be doing community service until I’m an old man, but I don’t have to pay a thing.”

From "Caterpillar Summer" by Gillian McDunn