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Many infectious diseases are lethal only for the poor; they are layered atop comorbidities and chronic conditions produced by social and commercial determinants of health.
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Stan Chu Ilo, Chicago Tribune, 3 Sep. 2025
But the deployment of—among others—three destroyers, at least one submarine and an amphibious ready group (ARG) filled with Marines is a further deterioration in the poor relationship between Washington and Caracas that appears to have spooked Maduro.
—Ellie Cook
john Feng, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
We are involved with community activities and help charities meet financial goals, feed the poor, etc.
—Jeanne Phillips, Mercury News, 1 Sep. 2025
These scourged the poor harder than anyone else.
—Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 31 Aug. 2025
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Stan Chu Ilo, Chicago Tribune, 3 Sep. 2025
But the deployment of—among others—three destroyers, at least one submarine and an amphibious ready group (ARG) filled with Marines is a further deterioration in the poor relationship between Washington and Caracas that appears to have spooked Maduro.
—Ellie Cook
john Feng, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
We are involved with community activities and help charities meet financial goals, feed the poor, etc.
—Jeanne Phillips, Mercury News, 1 Sep. 2025
These scourged the poor harder than anyone else.
—Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 31 Aug. 2025
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 9 Sep. 2025.
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