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Samaritan

[suh-mar-i-tn] / səˈmær ɪ tn /


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The Samaritan Clinic is a small, free clinic serving people without health insurance in Albany, Georgia.

From Salon • Jan. 4, 2026

He was, by all accounts, acting as a Good Samaritan, trying to break up the fight.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 7, 2025

The second was also stamped out fast, this time by a good Samaritan, according to prosecutors.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 2, 2025

But the account was not run by a good Samaritan trying to draw attention to a hate crime, authorities later determined.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 22, 2025

But from the moment the fever first began to claim victims, Dr. Rush had been a tower of energy and care, an ever-present Good Samaritan.

From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy