volunteered

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Emily was not prepared to give up, and she volunteered to do six more hair tests as she fought for her daughter.

From BBC • May 26, 2026

His interest in journalistic design grew after he joined the university chapter of the Society for News Design and volunteered at SND’s creative competition in 2025.

From Los Angeles Times • May 26, 2026

The researchers also thanked the mothers who volunteered to donate the cord blood used in the study.

From Science Daily • May 25, 2026

Even in the 2014-16 outbreak, there were only three cases in the UK and all were healthcare workers who had volunteered to help.

From BBC • May 17, 2026

If the adoption of ploughing increased a village’s population from a hundred to 110, which ten people would have volunteered to starve so that the others could go back to the good old times?

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari