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Many American charities support needy communities around the world, some in disputed territories and conflict zones.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026

The Chicago-born pontiff has made the defence of migrants one of the pillars of his papacy, like his predecessor, Francis, praising those who help the needy and decrying mass deportations in the United States.

From Barron's ● Jul. 4, 2026

Varley said the child was "refusing" to go to sleep, is "very needy" and texted another friend: "He's just annoying. Lol."

From BBC ● Apr. 28, 2026

Barbie’s needy male counterpart, it turns out, is not “just Ken.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 28, 2026

From the rear—particularly where his vertebrae were visible—he might almost have passed for one of those needy metropolitan children who are sent out every summer to endowed camps to be fattened and sunned.

From "Franny and Zooey" by J. D. Salinger

Then again, almost all of these people — the main characters and minor — are needier than they’d like to let on.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 14, 2025

“People want to help others who are needier than them, even those who don’t have much to give.”

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 10, 2024

Gradually she found a Mrs. Lovett who was younger than the usual iteration and needier.

From New York Times ● May 10, 2023

But actually Nate is a lot needier sadly than that and is a troubled soul.

From Salon ● Mar. 29, 2023

It was possible to work after school, and many of the needier kids did.

From "Bad Boy" by Walter Dean Myers

Yet Mr. Kelly is willing to deprive the neediest children of access to the greatest blessing America could offer: a high-quality education.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 18, 2026

“Who will teach the children in the neediest schools? The communities will suffer. It’s cyclical, and it’s scary.”

From Salon ● Mar. 17, 2026

I judge a country by how it treats its neediest.

From BBC ● Apr. 28, 2025

But instead of creating hundreds of housing units for some of California’s neediest individuals, the projects became mired in financial disarray.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 7, 2024

Fidelito was the neediest kid in the room, and so of course everyone pushed him around.

From "The House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer