succored

verb

past tense of succor
as in comforted

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for succored
  1. comforted
  2. sponsored
  3. patronized
  4. endorsed
  5. attended
  6. championed
  7. aided
  8. facilitated
Verb
  • Celeste’s mother dropped her head and was comforted by a county employee.
    — Jason Kravarik, CNN Money, 25 July 2026
  • Victoria Beckham comforted Sir David, her husband, the Inter Miami co-owner, the man who brought Messi to America.
    — James Horncastle, New York Times, 16 July 2026
Definition of comforted
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  • As well as Powerade, owned by the Coca-Cola Company, Fox’s in-game adverts have also been sponsored by Lenovo, another official FIFA sponsor.
    — Tom Burrows, New York Times, 17 June 2026
  • Albertsons has sponsored the event since its inception, and Chevron joined in 2021 as the presenting sponsor.
    — Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman, 24 Mar. 2026
Definition of sponsored
Verb
  • Penelope is unable to just govern Ithaca herself and is besieged by the suitors and patronized by her son; Helen is kidnapped by Paris (or is given to him as a prize by Aphrodite or elopes with him), setting off the Trojan War.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 July 2026
  • Generations of Argentines have patronized Mercado Buenos Aires.
    — Maddie Connors, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026
Definition of patronized
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  • Within hours, OpenAI and Anthropic endorsed it as companies, too.
    — Anisha Sircar, Forbes.com, 30 July 2026
  • Even Jane Fonda, who swore Raman into office after her 2024 city council reelection, endorsed Karen Bass for mayor instead.
    — Maxwell Adler, Vanity Fair, 29 July 2026
Definition of endorsed
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  • As a child, Moore envisioned a career in medicine and later attended Alcorn State University on a band scholarship to study percussion.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 1 Aug. 2026
  • More than 100 residents of the community attended to hear the candidates make their cases.
    — Joan Murray, CBS News, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of attended
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  • Trump has championed the construction of data centers for artificial intelligence, but the bonds financing those projects appear to have helped push up interest rates.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Benavidez introduced Colorado's first bilingual education bill and championed bicultural learning for all students.
    — Anna Alejo, CBS News, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of championed
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  • The following day, Garner’s family set out to find the teen who had aided her.
    — Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 25 July 2026
  • The chief described the technology as an important tool for policing and listed nine arrests aided by the cameras in the past month.
    — Rose Evans July 23, Idaho Statesman, 23 July 2026
Definition of aided
Verb
  • Kuwait facilitated American strikes on Iran from its territory, and Iranian drones have answered by striking the power and desalination plants that Kuwait depends on for roughly 90% of its drinking water.
    — Hamidreza Azizi, Time, 30 July 2026
  • The partnership was facilitated in collaboration with Ohio State and Learfield’s Ohio State Properties.
    — Cameron Teague Robinson, New York Times, 28 July 2026
Definition of facilitated
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