humanitarian
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Framed as a humanitarian mission to help ships and starving crews locked up in the Strait against their will, this was also a tactical move to break the Iranian blockade and restore energy flows.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 2026
Dahlia Lithwick: Temporary protected status is a federal humanitarian program that protects folks against deportation.
From Slate • May 4, 2026
Salas was speaking in support of Assembly Bill 2624, which would provide privacy protections for those facing harassment for working or volunteering with organizations that offer legal and humanitarian aid to immigrants.
From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2026
More than six months after the US brokered a Gaza ceasefire deal, it has failed to deliver hoped-for improvements in the humanitarian situation and progress appears to be stuck.
From BBC • May 2, 2026
Its leaders believed that white South Africans could be persuaded, on moral and humanitarian grounds, to end segregation.
From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane
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Power Suffix: -arian
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