volunteered

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

From Science Daily • May 25, 2026

When Steven Lewis volunteered to co-chair a renovation committee in 2022 for his Pacific Palisades synagogue, he had no idea that the project would become his emotional anchor when his home burned three years later.

From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026

While most of the other pilots were interested in aerobatics, Dallin volunteered to take on a reconnaissance mission with a camera mounted behind the cockpit.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

He volunteered at the Poppy Line heritage railway, as a fireman and later station master, and led ramblers' walks across Norfolk.

From BBC • May 6, 2026

Despite the fact that he’d just been volunteered for a likely suicide mission, the coach looked grateful.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan