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Recent Examples of samaritan
This law offers good samaritan protection for witnesses of university hazing who call 911 or attempt to give medical aid.
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Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 27 Aug. 2025
Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 27 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for samaritan
Adjective
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The 31-year-old activist's murder shocked the nation, and it was condemned by sensible and compassionate people in and out of politics and across the political spectrum.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
21 Sep. 2025
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Malcolm is absolutely a kinder, more compassionate man than his father.—
Maureen Lee Lenker,
Entertainment Weekly,
20 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The sympathetic system is responsible for the fight-or-flight response, while the parasympathetic system activates the body’s rest-and-digest mode.—
Clarissa Brincat,
Popular Science,
25 Sep. 2025
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In that movie Beatty cast himself as a politically naïve newsman who became sympathetic to the Bolshevik (later Communist) cause.—
Peter Bart,
Deadline,
25 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Malcolm is absolutely a kinder, more compassionate man than his father.—
Maureen Lee Lenker,
Entertainment Weekly,
20 Sep. 2025
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For one-of-a-kind British spots, shop The Royal Arcade and Burlington Arcade.—
Nicole Trilivas,
Travel + Leisure,
20 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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There’s no Nurse Ratched here, however, but there is the kindly Steve, who watches out for all of them, especially Shy, who is hiding a secret from the others.—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
5 Sep. 2025
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To that end, BALLS imagines a reality where the kindly Professor NPC who offers you a choice of three starter monsters is actually the one who created both the technology and normalized culture of trapping living things in spherical prisons.—
Josh Weiss,
Forbes.com,
15 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Many European governments, as well as Canada and Australia, have condemned the operation as worsening the humanitarian crisis in the battered enclave.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
23 Sep. 2025
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Trump called for an immediate end to the Gaza war and the release of Israeli hostages, but did not mention Israel’s military onslaught in Gaza City or the humanitarian crisis in the enclave.—
Natasha Bracken,
semafor.com,
23 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Chris Bauer, who played the gruff yet good-hearted sheriff Andy Bellefleur in the series, is married to costume designer Laura Bauer.—
Jane LaCroix,
PEOPLE,
7 Sep. 2025
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In each case, Reid felt the player was a good-hearted person who had done something terrible but was sincere in his desire to atone and grow.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
13 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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By now we’re used to seeing George Clooney stand up for human rights, Angelina Jolie advocate for the Global South and Leonardo DiCaprio agitate for the environment, larger-than-life movie stars putting their celebrity to altruistic end.—
Steven Zeitchik,
HollywoodReporter,
17 Sep. 2025
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Pledges to give it all away A good friend of philanthropist Michael Milken who has raised billions of dollars for cancer research, Ellison believes the road to bliss is altruistic giving.—
Martine Paris,
Forbes.com,
12 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Cryer and Chuck Lorre are there to be magnanimous.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Sep. 2025
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Such a magnanimous move might even help his father’s chances of getting Mayor Wu’s approval to build a new soccer stadium for the New England Revolution in Everett.—
Joe Battenfeld,
Boston Herald,
6 Sep. 2025
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“Samaritan.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/samaritan. Accessed 28 Sep. 2025.
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