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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Recall Eisenhower's deployment of troops to desegregate Southern schools, and Kennedy's creation of the Peace Corps. —

Robert Costa, CBS News, 26 Jan. 2025 Her parents, who met when her father served in the Peace Corps in the Philippines, prompting her mother to immigrate to the United States, now live across the street from Charbrook. —

Sara James Mnookin, Architectural Digest, 21 Jan. 2025 Other guests have spoken about national service, such as the Peace Corps, AmeriCorps and Voices for National Service. —

Gary Fields, Los Angeles Times, 30 Dec. 2024 Former President Kennedy, for one, appointed his brother, Robert F. Kennedy, as U.S. attorney general in the ‘60s — and his brother-in-law, R. Sargent Shriver, to lead the Peace Corps. —

Alex Gangitano, The Hill, 15 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for the Peace Corps

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