poor
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The nerves were obvious as there were misplaced passes, poor clearances and sloppy errors in a disjointed first half.
From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026
"Do the rich care whether the poor have beans to eat, whether they have rice or a chicken leg to eat?" he asked.
From Barron's ● Oct. 24, 2026
"Due to adverse weather conditions and poor visibility, an aerial rescue operation by helicopter is not possible," said the the Romanian Naval Authority.
From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026
Neighboring Kyrgyzstan impresses with the staggering majesty of its mountains but is desperately poor: The average salary is $500 a month.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026
The poor chap peddled it around Europe, passing out pamphlets at conventions.
From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin
When my husband dies, I will be even poorer, as I will lose his Social Security income and will have only my Social Security to live on.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 19, 2026
Some poorer areas had scored highly in her analysis compared to relatively well-off ones.
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026
Many students protesting in recent weeks have spoken of inequalities in the education system, especially between Paris and its poorer working-class suburbs.
From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026
Among participants aged 70 and older, greater autophagy activity was associated with poorer measures of physical function across all three cell types studied.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 13, 2026
It did not enter his head that a wizard might be ashamed to perform such simple crafts, for he had been a witch-child among poorer folk than these.
From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin
In the first round, 21.3% of voters in the poorest voting areas where da Silva draws much of his support stayed home, compared with 20.3% in the wealthiest, electoral data show.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2026
They were found wanting, with Williams enduring one of his poorest games in an England shirt.
From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026
But the chair of the Least Developed Countries group representing the world's 44 poorest nations also signed the letter, as did ministers from small-island states and many emerging economies.
From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026
If you look within that poorest 20%, you’d see that 10% of people have credit-card balances worth over 20% of their income.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026
Although we were the poorest family on Little Hobart Street, Mom and Dad never applied for welfare or food stamps, and they always refused charity.
From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls
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