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needing help

ADJECTIVE
short-handed
Synonyms


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This could be the difference between getting around the house or needing help at home or enabling people to go out and see friends and family.

From BBC Jul. 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

He said the school had also noticed more families needing help to pay for trips and PE kit and children were asking for food at school.

From BBC Jan. 6, 2026

Workers needing help have instruction manuals and live technical support.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 15, 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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