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Why, as a former mayor of Tehran, demanded in his newspaper last week, do 40 million Iranians live below the poverty line while the state operates mega charitable foundations with billion-dollar budgets ostensibly to help the poor?
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Azadeh Moaveni, Time, 3 Feb. 2026
Under his charge, the Istanbul municipality became a caretaker of the poor.
—Kaya Genç, The Dial, 3 Feb. 2026
Caimor’s wealthiest citizens can transfer their Pith, or consciousness, into a chassis, or new body, modified to their every whim… or the poor but terminally ill, like nine-year-old Anabelle, can be transferred into a black-market, stock-model Edgar body in order to save her life.
—Literary Hub, 2 Feb. 2026
The late pope chose his papal name in honor of the medieval saint’s embrace of the poor and his teachings on the moral responsibility of caring for all creatures on Earth.
—Vanessa Corcoran, The Conversation, 2 Feb. 2026
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Azadeh Moaveni, Time, 3 Feb. 2026
Under his charge, the Istanbul municipality became a caretaker of the poor.
—Kaya Genç, The Dial, 3 Feb. 2026
Caimor’s wealthiest citizens can transfer their Pith, or consciousness, into a chassis, or new body, modified to their every whim… or the poor but terminally ill, like nine-year-old Anabelle, can be transferred into a black-market, stock-model Edgar body in order to save her life.
—Literary Hub, 2 Feb. 2026
The late pope chose his papal name in honor of the medieval saint’s embrace of the poor and his teachings on the moral responsibility of caring for all creatures on Earth.
—Vanessa Corcoran, The Conversation, 2 Feb. 2026
See All Example Sentences for the poor
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“The poor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20poor. Accessed 7 Feb. 2026.
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