Aid
Aid verb - To provide (someone) with what is useful or necessary to achieve an end.
Laid
Laid adjective - Set down according to a plan:"a carefully laid table with places set for four people".
Nearby Word: lay
Both words in one sentence
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If she's not given water, she's subsequently laid up with heatstroke (though if you're merciful enough to give her aid she'll be chagrined enough to back off).
Source: Heroic R.R.O.D. -
Death in Paradise: Sergeant Angela Young who takes over the station when Poole is laid in bed with a fever and Camille is in Paris on a training course in "An Unhelpful Aid".
Source: Tyrant Takes the Helm - The Siege: The American theocratic government under the leadership of President Steve Jordan laid siege against the last holdouts of Constitutional democracy and freedom by cutting off all aid to Manhattan Island, where they were all located.
Source: Literature / Christian Nation
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