succoring

verb

present participle of succor
as in comforting

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  1. comforting
  2. sponsoring
  3. endorsing
  4. aiding
  5. championing
  6. attending
  7. facilitating
  8. patronizing
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  • This comforting one-pan dinner should always hold a place in your seasonal dinner rotation.
    — Olivia McIntosh, Martha Stewart, 23 July 2026
  • Those are millions of hours physicians can spend explaining a cancer diagnosis, comforting anxious families, and helping patients make life-changing decisions.
    — Robert Reiss, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
Definition of comforting
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  • 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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  • Moms for Liberty changed the political make-up of school boards across the state of Florida through a commitment to endorsing school board candidates.
    — Trinity Webster-Bass, Miami Herald, 21 July 2026
  • Brunch backlash Does welcoming a political candidate into a business amount to endorsing his campaign?
    — Adam Beam, AJC.com, 20 July 2026
Definition of endorsing
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  • Five others have been arrested and charged in connection with the murder, including two people accused of aiding Johnson evade investigators, the sheriff's office said.
    — Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 22 July 2026
  • Additionally, hazelnuts are high in L-arginine, an amino acid that promotes nitric oxide production, aiding blood vessel regulation and helping maintain healthy blood pressure.
    — Lana Barhum, Verywell Health, 22 July 2026
Definition of aiding
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  • Automotive content creator ChrisFix is one of the leading voices in championing the Repair Act online.
    — Joshua Hong, Fortune, 19 July 2026
  • Since dominating the Olympics with her unfiltered behind-the-scenes content and championing body positivity, Maher has become an internet icon.
    — Janey Wetzel, PEOPLE, 16 July 2026
Definition of championing
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  • Zhao Junjie, a chemical engineering student who said Saturday’s game was first time attending such an event, had a similar thought.
    — Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 21 July 2026
  • Paisley and his wife, actress Kimberly Williams-Paisley, were among the lucky guests invited to witness the nuptials, which were shrouded in mystery as even those attending were given little detail about the event.
    — Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 21 July 2026
Definition of attending
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  • The organization had been facilitating hostage releases and providing services in Gaza since the start of the conflict.
    — David D. Kirkpatrick, New Yorker, 20 July 2026
  • Crucially, domestic banks are playing a pivotal role in facilitating this capital flow.
    — Josipa Majic Predin, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
Definition of facilitating
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  • The letter explained in patronizing terms how the English government worked.
    — Sarah M.S. Pearsall, The Conversation, 2 July 2026
  • He was arrested four more times through 2015, pleading guilty on separate occasions to patronizing a prostitute and resisting arrest.
    — Joaquin Sapien, ProPublica, 30 June 2026
Definition of patronizing
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