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The paper deals with the third-order nonlinear differential equation \[ u'''+f(u)=p(t,u,u'),\tag{1} \] where \(p:[a,b]\times\mathbb{R}^2\to\mathbb{R}\) and \(f:\mathbb{R}\to\mathbb{R}\) are continuous functions. Using the topological degree method, the author proves the existence of a solution to (1) satisfying two-point boundary conditions \[ u(a)=u'(a)=u(b)=0,\quad\text{or}\quad u(a)=u(b)= u'(b)=0. \] The existence results are proven under the assumptions that \(p\) is bounded and \[ \liminf_{s\to \pm\infty} {F(s)\over s^2}\leq {\pi^2 \over(b-a)^3}, \] with \(F(u): =\int^u_0f(s)ds\).