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[uh-sist] / əˈsɪst /




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"They're checking over vehicles, checking over equipment and they're ready to assist their partner agencies and emergency services as and when the call comes."

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026

The GSF is being slowly deployed to assist overwhelmed local police.

From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026

Multiple small businesses that will be affected by construction have received grants from Metro to assist with the impact.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026

Tunnicliff is looking to change that, with an assist from AI.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026

To assist Duane in explaining, he brought over the two books belonging to C.C. and turned to the pages that showed the illustrations and descriptions of both the great black-backed gull and the musk ox.

From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el

The Lakers improved to 2-0 and Doncic had 23 points, six rebounds, seven assists and, if you’re looking to complain, a career high-tying 11 turnovers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2026

Luka Doncic had 23 points, seven assists and six rebounds, but he had 11 of the Lakers’ 21 turnovers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2026

However, last season Fernandes was named the Premier League's player of the year after a record 21 assists in a season.

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

The dynamic guards who scored 28 and 23 points, respectively, combined for 13 assists.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

I rack up fifteen assists while Terrell scores thirty-two points.

From "Boy21" by Matthew Quick

"We thank the swift assistance of bystanders and the dedicated health workers who assisted her, and police for their response."

From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2026

Thankfully, the same capacity for collaboration that assisted our species’ development throughout history could now avert this catastrophe.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 17, 2026

Central Command said Tuesday that American forces had assisted Gulf partners in shipping more than 19 million barrels of crude through the Strait of Hormuz on Monday.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026

A nursing-home room could cost $100,000 a year or $60,000 or more for assisted living, depending on where you live.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026

As flight engineer, she assisted the Soyuz TM-17 in reaching the Mir Space Station, where she spent five months.

From "Women in Space" by Karen Bush Gibson

They’ll do everything from bolting together Cybercabs to mowing your lawn, from tending bars to caring for the elderly and, naturally, assisting in the colonization of the moon and Mars.

From Slate ● Oct. 19, 2026

Separately, after stopping a vehicle in Bedfordshire, the 30-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

That deal was officially "aimed at assisting the authorities in securing mining sites, improving tax collection mechanisms and curbing cross-border smuggling of minerals", the group's report added.

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026

And his substitutions have had an impact with Beth Mead assisting against Birmingham City and Kerstin Casparij scoring with her first touch against Arsenal.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

Dewey and the eighteen men assisting him had pursued hundreds of leads to barren destinations, and she hoped to warn him against another disappointment, for she was worried about his health.

From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote


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