gave out
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The organisation gave out more than 15,000 uniform items and about 1,500 pairs of school shoes over the summer under its School Days campaign.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
It was 100 degrees in Encino, but the reading from the wet-bulb device measuring heat and humidity gave out a number that allowed for practice to take place with precautionary measures.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
"The first of the two was pulled out alive, but unfortunately, his body gave out and he did not survive. Doctors could not resuscitate him," regional fire bureau spokeswoman Maria Leah Sajili told AFP.
From Barron's ● May 25, 2026
International Business Machines showed off a computer and gave out commemorative punch cards in its corporate pavilion, created by visionary industrial designers Charles and Ray Eames.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 16, 2026
But the blue of the air went forever, and when the houses gave out and the road passed into the open field and there was just the sound of cicadas, Marysville didn't seem so bad.
From "Okay for Now" by Gary D. Schmidt
