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needing help

ADJECTIVE
short-handed
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For example, needing help to wash your hair, or your body below the waist scores two points, but needing help to wash between the shoulders and waist is worth four points.

From BBC Jul. 9, 2026

Losing her job so soon after Christmas left her "skint" and having to go to food banks to eat and needing help to pay her gas.

From BBC Apr. 18, 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

At first Aunt Victoria said it wasnt right for a young girl to be here, but I made her see that I couldnt set at home when others was needing help so much.

From "Across Five Aprils" by Irene Hunt




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