volunteered

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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

Among those helping prepare victims for burial was Kazem Pourzahedian, a fabric merchant in Minab who for 10 years has volunteered at a local mortuary to perform the ritual washing of the dead.

From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026

He found a career in real estate and volunteered across the city, from the Palisades to Skid Row.

From Los Angeles Times • May 5, 2026

I was faced again with the fact that I had held my hand up and volunteered to go to Central High without my parents' permission.

From "March Forward, Girl" by Melba Pattillo Beals