Example Sentences

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Despite this, he's facing a dwindling number of volunteers and donors - a symptom, as he puts it, of a town "left to fester" in economic strife.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

“We want people to know about what goes on in Mexico,” said Héctor Flores, co-founder of Light of Hope, whose volunteers uncovered a human skull in a Zapopan ravine last week.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

Having the Local Nature Recovery Strategy to guide the volunteers has been really helpful, Holden added.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

Just a week ago, nearly 200 rescue workers, mostly volunteers, were still combing the Desolation Wilderness in El Dorado National Forest searching for Jason Coughran, 60, after the hiker went missing on May 25.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2026

Enthusiastic volunteers, they had left their lecture halls and school benches to fight on the Western Front, inspired by surging feelings of patriotism and a longing for military glory.

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman