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as in to assist
to provide (someone) with what is useful or necessary to achieve an end
invariably his strong religious faith props him up in times of crisis
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But another bill, HB 3520 by Rep. David Spiller, R-Jacksboro, to lessen the amount of liability insurance coverage rideshare drivers need to carry, took up a whole lot more time.—
John C. Moritz,
Austin American Statesman,
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Just inside the doors of the employee entrance to Ford Motor Co.'s Dearborn Truck Plant is a scoreboard that looms high above a double set of steep stairs that carry the 3,600 employees up to the factory floor where the company builds its best-selling vehicle: the F-150 pickup.—
Jamie L. LaReau,
Freep.com,
30 July 2025
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Advertisement Advertisement Walters said that every teacher moving to work in Oklahoma must pass the test in order to begin teaching, and that Conservative think-tank PragerU will assist in the development of the test.—
Callum Sutherland,
Time,
1 Aug. 2025
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Members of the Garden Walk committee presented a money to Northern Illinois Food Bank’s Christine Fisher to assist the agency in supplying food to pantries across 11 counties, including Loaves & Fishes in Naperville, a news release said.—
Michelle Mullins,
Chicago Tribune,
1 Aug. 2025
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Police found shell casings on the street in front of the house, and evidence found two homes sustained bullet strikes, documents said.—
Maritza Dominguez,
AZCentral.com,
31 July 2025
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Marketing plays a crucial role in building and sustaining audience engagement across this diverse content slate.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
31 July 2025
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Earlier in the day, Gabbard shared a declassified House Intelligence Committee report, which found the United States intelligence community had no direct evidence Russia wanted to aid President Donald Trump in the 2016 election despite it pushing the claim under Obama’s direction.—
Asher Notheis,
The Washington Examiner,
24 July 2025
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With that in mind, the company is working to deploy four super agents—one that’s geared toward customers, another that aids associates, a third that works alongside developers and a fourth that targets Walmart’s partners.—
Meghan Hall,
Sourcing Journal,
24 July 2025
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Please consider supporting local journalism and getting unlimited digital access.—
Leah Olajide,
Freep.com,
25 July 2025
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Apollo Global Management was recently selected to manage Singapore's $1 billion private credit fund , which is aimed at supporting high-growth local businesses.—
Lee Ying Shan,
CNBC,
24 July 2025
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Mark was disappointed, but the poster defended himself, saying he’s helped before and didn’t want to be taken for granted.—
Ashley Vega,
People.com,
27 July 2025
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By applying relentless pressure, providing education to the public, and offering alternative solutions, the HFC helped secure significant savings for the American people in the final piece of legislation.—
Kevin Sabet,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 July 2025
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Shorten the soft new growth so branches — and next year’s fruits — stay within reach.—
Nan Sterman,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
2 Aug. 2025
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For now, Kazakova is staying at a house deep in the Kyiv suburbs.—
Claire Harbage,
NPR,
2 Aug. 2025
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Advocates are calling for more public funding to bolster child care centers serving low-income Nashville families.—
Rachel Wegner,
The Tennessean,
26 July 2025
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One expert told Newsweek that Project 2025 had called for USCIS to bolster its fraud detection unit, with this latest report a sign of that effort.—
Billal Rahman
Dan Gooding,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 July 2025
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“Prop (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prop%20%28up%29. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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