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gives
  • 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