avail
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Under existing rules, you actually may not avail of the $1,000 spousal benefit at 62 and switch to your own benefit of $2,640 at 70.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 12, 2026
Staff from the council member’s office said they’d directed Galicia to various city departments for assistance, but he said it’s been to no avail.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2026
Austin had been pushing Fox Sports, the official U.S. partner for the World Cup, to hire her, but to no avail.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026
This is to allow those arriving late or international students to avail of both doses before beginning their studies.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
I hunted for piece jobs in the suburbs, to no avail.
From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane
Bryan Cranston’s movie career avails him of some variety, but on Showtime’s “Your Honor” he plays another version of a good man pushed to commit evil for the sake of protecting his family.
From Salon ● Mar. 31, 2024
At times Hamrouni avails herself of this option.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2023
Shaun Grant’s script rarely, if ever, avails itself of such riches; instead, the narration and dialogue teem with outlaw-movie clichés.
From New York Times ● Apr. 23, 2020
Molly avails herself of all modern babyproofing technology in an uphill effort to keep Max alive and un-maimed.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 21, 2018
In the appreciation of scientific facts the same method avails.
From Transcendentalism in New England A History by Octavius Brooks Frothingham
As a bonus, I’d learn a few things while she availed herself of uninterrupted free time, which wasn’t really free, since I’d often hear a running vacuum or dishes clanking in the sink.
From Salon ● Jan. 30, 2026
In doing so, Adams also availed himself of millions of dollars in public matching funds.
From Slate ● Jan. 25, 2025
Yet they hardly availed themselves of the city’s busy night life.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 25, 2024
They added that no team had availed themselves of either the mechanism that exists to lodge a formal complaint about a competitor, nor had the anonymous whistle-blower process been activated.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2023
She was against welfare and never applied for it despite our need, but championed those who availed themselves of it.
From "The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother" by James McBride
For now, companies are availing themselves of the latest spike in crude prices to lock in a price for their output, he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 4, 2026
But the plays are rigorously composed works of art, availing themselves of a theatrical vocabulary that extends beyond photographic realism.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 19, 2025
"This time frame represents a broad enough range to demonstrate climate change, while also availing of the most recent reliable data that covers both the climate change and extremism dimensions for the country."
From Science Daily ● Apr. 3, 2024
For 20 years, Thomas benefited from Huizenga's attention as well, availing himself of the billionaire's fleet of aircraft and other luxuries.
From Salon ● Aug. 10, 2023
Lady Lansdowne looked this way and that; at length availing herself of the solitude, she paced the walk to its end.
From Chippinge Borough by Stanley J. Weyman
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Grade 12, List 1
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"What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?" by Frederick Douglass
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"Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" by Jonathan Edwards
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