the Peace Corps
noun
: a U.S. organization that trains and sends people who work without pay to help poor people in other countries
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One of my parents’ highest aspirations for a child was to someday join the Peace Corps.
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Peter Hessler, New Yorker, 31 May 2026
The Fall and Rise, the Kennedy smuggled back a 16-pound leopard tortoise following a trip to Africa with his cousin Bobby Shriver and uncle Sargent Shriver, who was the director of the Peace Corps.
—Marina Watts, Entertainment Weekly, 26 May 2026
Those who qualify for a hardship deferment include people receiving certain types of federal or state aid and anyone volunteering in the Peace Corps, Kantrowitz said.
—Kamaron McNair,annie Nova, CNBC, 30 Mar. 2026
Barned-Smith started his career at the Philadelphia Daily News, served in the Peace Corps, in Paraguay, and worked at the Montgomery Gazette, in Maryland, before joining Hearst Newspapers in 2014.
—Aidin Vaziri, San Francisco Chronicle, 18 Mar. 2026
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Peter Hessler, New Yorker, 31 May 2026
The Fall and Rise, the Kennedy smuggled back a 16-pound leopard tortoise following a trip to Africa with his cousin Bobby Shriver and uncle Sargent Shriver, who was the director of the Peace Corps.
—Marina Watts, Entertainment Weekly, 26 May 2026
Those who qualify for a hardship deferment include people receiving certain types of federal or state aid and anyone volunteering in the Peace Corps, Kantrowitz said.
—Kamaron McNair,annie Nova, CNBC, 30 Mar. 2026
Barned-Smith started his career at the Philadelphia Daily News, served in the Peace Corps, in Paraguay, and worked at the Montgomery Gazette, in Maryland, before joining Hearst Newspapers in 2014.
—Aidin Vaziri, San Francisco Chronicle, 18 Mar. 2026
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“The Peace Corps.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20Peace%20Corps. Accessed 9 Jun. 2026.
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