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succoring

verb

present participle of succor
as in comforting

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for succoring
  1. comforting
  2. sponsoring
  3. endorsing
  4. aiding
  5. championing
  6. attending
  7. facilitating
  8. patronizing
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  • Once inside the warehouse, shoppers tend to linger, enticed by a potent cocktail of comforting routine, retail adrenaline and cheap eats.
    — Jessica Guynn, USA Today, 16 Sep. 2026
  • Sacramento’s popular Arden Fair mall is getting a new dining spot that serves up comforting dim sum.
    — Emma Hall, Sacbee.com, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of comforting
Verb
  • Mercedes-Benz has been sponsoring the Masters for almost 20 years; the 140-year-old automaker came on as an inaugural sponsor of ANWA seven years ago.
    — Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 8 Apr. 2026
Definition of sponsoring
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  • Manchin raised eyebrows by endorsing Collins against Democrat Troy Jackson, marking the second consecutive cycle Manchin has backed his former colleague.
    — Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Even Milei’s libertarian party voted to debate debt relief — without endorsing the proposals themselves — underscoring the mounting pressure on Milei as voters look beyond his success in taming inflation to concerns about jobs and wages.
    — Débora Rey, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of endorsing
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  • Early in life this response is beneficial, aiding development, wound healing and cancer prevention.
    — Venki Ramakrishnan, Scientific American, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Chicago police have alternately been accused of disregarding federal agents’ 911 calls and aiding immigration enforcement through traffic stops and crowd control.
    — Caroline Kubzansky, Chicago Tribune, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of aiding
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  • The latter part of her life and career was dedicated to political activism, writing and social justice, championing LGBTQ+ rights and the rights of women and girls around the world.
    — Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2026
  • The Venice Film Festival kicked off on a defiantly humanist note on Wednesday with speeches from Life Achievement Awardee George Clooney and jury president Maggie Gyllenhaal championing the power of cinema as a unifier in divisive times.
    — Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of championing
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  • Their support in the last election was strongest in areas with high Muslim populations, with party members attending demonstrations with Muslim Brotherhood-adjacent groups and Gaza protests organized by Islamist-leaning networks.
    — Tyler Speicher, FOXNews.com, 15 Sep. 2026
  • And attending a game in-person hasn’t gotten any cheaper either.
    — Joshua Hong, Fortune, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of attending
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  • The assignment went from facilitating the movement of vehicles over the bridge to securing it as people fled from Manhattan over the bridge on foot.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 11 Sep. 2026
  • The meeting also comes days after Putin publicly welcomed the UAE’s role in facilitating discussions over the Ukraine war, highlighting Abu Dhabi's increasingly influential diplomatic role as another major BRICS participant.
    — Kyra Colah, FOXNews.com, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of facilitating
Verb
  • Lee and his Burning co-writer Oh Jung-mi resist what might have been the first instinct of many filmmakers by refusing to make Ye-ji and Sang-woo overly patronizing rich jerks.
    — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 6 Sep. 2026
  • The letter explained in patronizing terms how the English government worked.
    — Sarah M.S. Pearsall, The Conversation, 2 July 2026
Definition of patronizing
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“Succoring.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/succoring. Accessed 21 Sep. 2026.

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