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Officials have also promised to help the unemployed and distribute holiday subsidies to the needy.
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Vivian Wang, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2025
The exes even volunteered together on Thanksgiving of 2024 to serve meals to the needy with the Midnight Mission.
—Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025
In the initial studies, participants rated the kindness and physical beauty of targets who were described either as volunteering for charitable causes (such as volunteering at soup kitchens, or packaging food for the needy) or as neutral.
—Mark Travers, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
One of the old Temple songs (also known as Psalm 72) speaks of the coming king giving justice to the poor, defending the needy, having pity on the weak, and rescuing people from oppression and violence.
—N.t. Wright, TIME, 20 Dec. 2024
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Vivian Wang, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2025
The exes even volunteered together on Thanksgiving of 2024 to serve meals to the needy with the Midnight Mission.
—Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025
In the initial studies, participants rated the kindness and physical beauty of targets who were described either as volunteering for charitable causes (such as volunteering at soup kitchens, or packaging food for the needy) or as neutral.
—Mark Travers, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
One of the old Temple songs (also known as Psalm 72) speaks of the coming king giving justice to the poor, defending the needy, having pity on the weak, and rescuing people from oppression and violence.
—N.t. Wright, TIME, 20 Dec. 2024
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“The needy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20needy. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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