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Recent Examples of Synonyms for samaritan
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Family remembers Nazir Bell Bell's family described him as a bright and compassionate young man with a promising future.
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Plenty of evangelical pastors, writers, and advocates have called for and modelled a more compassionate and inclusive faith.
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Leaders are constantly in a chronic, sympathetic-dominant state that, if not appropriately managed, can have downstream effects on their cardiovascular health, immune functioning, sleep, and even personal relationships.
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Jackson thought Colorado voters would be sympathetic to the state’s water crisis, caused by decades of drought and climate change.
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Levine, of course, had even kinder things to say about the contestant who prompted all three to turn their chairs during the audition round.
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Each edition is a well-aged rye whiskey that has been given a first-of-its kind cask finish.
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The show sends Pride & Prejudice‘s resident frump (a charming Ella Bruccoleri) on a journey of self-discovery filled with kindly relatives, enormous books, lavish balls and, yes, eligible suitors.
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Traumatized into silence, the de facto orphan stays living with the kindly but guilt-ridden, grieving and impecunious Hiroshi.
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Then, in November 2024, Abu Safiya was reportedly injured in his office during an Israeli quadcopter strike, resulting in shrapnel injuries to his thigh and back that caused serious bleeding, according to the humanitarian NGO MedGlobal.
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And alongside him emerged his wife at the time, Delia del Carril, who actively led the effort to fulfill this humanitarian commitment.
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Sudano said his son was a good kid who was outgoing, always joking and good-hearted.
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That show landed in the summer of 2020, right when the country needed a charming, good-hearted antidote to the terrors of COVID lockdown and an impending election.
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Once dominated by altruistic non-profits, hospice now attracts sophisticated criminal networks.
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The word also implies a certain curtailing of altruistic ambitions.
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Spielberg spared no expense when casting Richard Attenborough in the iconic role of Jurassic Park's magnanimous founder, John Hammond.
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Wilson was magnanimous in victory.
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“Samaritan.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/samaritan. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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