poor

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Multivitamins can be useful for older adults who eat very little or have poor dietary variety, but they should not be treated as nutritional insurance for everyone.

From Science Daily • Jun. 6, 2026

Environmental nonprofit Heal the Bay and the city of Santa Monica are teaming up to investigate and find solutions for the pier’s poor water quality.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026

If isolation levels are what the CDC would consider poor, with no other interventions there is a 65 percent chance cases will top 20,000 within three months, according to the agency.

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026

Speaking to Today presenter Amol Rajan, Sir Gareth warned of historic expectations weighing on boys, and the compounding effect of poor attainment in school, leading to behavioural problems.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026

It never occurred to any of us children that we ourselves were poor; “the poor” were people you took baskets to.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom