- present tense form of give (3rd person singular).
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Appeared in the March 27, 2026, print edition as '‘Renewable’ Energy Gives Us a Crisis'.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026
In a statement on Thursday, the Stonewall Inn and the Stonewall Inn Gives Back Initiative said it was "outraged" at the changes.
From BBC • Feb. 14, 2025
Gives Back party will be the seventh hosted by IHC.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 29, 2025
For toilet paper, I get a big box every few months sent to me from Who Gives a Crap.
From Slate • Jan. 21, 2024
"Gives you less time to fret," he said.
From "The Shakespeare Stealer" by Gary L. Blackwood
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