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Recent Examples of foreign aid Soon, millions faced famine as foreign aid was cut off, sanctions locked in, and Afghan assets were frozen. — Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 24 Sep. 2026 The Palestinian Authority was created under a series of peace agreements with Israel in the 1990s and administers semiautonomous areas of the West Bank, while relying heavily on foreign aid. — Sam Metz, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2026 There’s a big percentage of the population that understands that less than 1% of [America’s] overall budget going to foreign aid and saving millions and millions of lives is a good thing. — Angelique Jackson, Variety, 21 Sep. 2026 The world’s largest economy has historically been the biggest foreign aid donor. — Dina Kraft, Christian Science Monitor, 21 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for foreign aid

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The two metro manufacturers and four others in Iowa received state aid through the Business Incentives for Growth program, known as BIG.

— Kate Kealey, Des Moines Register, 18 Sep. 2026
The lower state aid to school districts does not seem to have harmed students; in fact, relative to other states, Wisconsin students have largely performed better.

— Editorial Board, Washington Post, 14 Sep. 2026

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The Hope Florida Foundation supports Hope Florida, a signature initiative of DeSantis and his wife, Casey, that has aimed to get people off government assistance by connecting them with nonprofits and churches instead.

— Liv Caputo, Miami Herald, 9 Oct. 2026
In 1867, the British government united its North American colonies to form the Canadian Confederation, in part to deter Washington from invading Canada in retaliation for London’s assistance to the Confederacy during the Civil War.

— Robert B. Zoellick, Foreign Affairs, 9 Oct. 2026

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