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needing help

ADJECTIVE
short-handed
Synonyms


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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

As well as needing help to breathe, he was found to have a life-threatening illness affecting his intestines.

From BBC • Dec. 23, 2025

The appeal comes at a time when extra costs associated with heating homes can lead to an increase in people needing help, he said.

From BBC • Sep. 28, 2025

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

From Salon • Jul. 5, 2025

Rare women and men, always well known to nonwhite students needing help.

From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez




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