Example Sentences

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Tapping O’Neill to replace company veteran Murray Auchincloss will aid BP’s efforts to “become a simpler, leaner, and more profitable company,” Chairman Albert Manifold said Wednesday night.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 18, 2025

The RRS Sir David Attenborough, a state-of-the-art ship named after the renowned UK naturalist, will aid research on everything from "hunting underwater tsunamis" to tracking glacier melt and whale populations.

From Barron's • Oct. 12, 2025

Artificial intelligence will aid city and county building officials in reviewing permit requests, an effort to speed up a process already being criticized as too slow.

From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2025

I want California to have more housing people can actually afford, and I expect Proposition 33 will aid that effort.

From Slate • Nov. 5, 2024

“I will aid in your recovery. Human youth, I understand that you have something that belongs to me?”

From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young