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needing help

ADJECTIVE
short-handed
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From BBC • Apr. 22, 2026

Regardless of where they fall on the income spectrum, many people can relate to wanting to be included, or badly needing help from someone and bending their standards or ethics to get it.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

Workers needing help have instruction manuals and live technical support.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 15, 2025

Those needing help at a food bank shouldn’t hear our thoughts on politics.

From Salon • Jul. 5, 2025

“Michael needing help with his navigation again?” one of them asked kindly, offering her a leg up the ladder into the back of the plane.

From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein




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