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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Sometimes this was committed to good, such as the Marshall Plan and the Peace Corps, and sometimes to ill, as in a series of military blunders meant to quash godless Communism.
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Jim Rasenberger,
The Atlantic,
4 July 2026
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.
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Marina Watts,
Entertainment Weekly,
26 May 2026
There are 346 California residents currently serving in the Peace Corps.
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Nollyanne Delacruz,
Mercury News,
12 May 2026
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Jim Rasenberger,
The Atlantic,
4 July 2026
One of my parents’ highest aspirations for a child was to someday join the Peace Corps.
—
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
There are 346 California residents currently serving in the Peace Corps.
—
Nollyanne Delacruz,
Mercury News,
12 May 2026
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“The Peace Corps.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20Peace%20Corps. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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