succoring

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“And of course he aimed most of his barbs at powerful successes — the best of them bearing Charlie’s insults as badges of pride — while succoring the out-of-fashion and beginners.”

From New York Times • Sep. 3, 2022

Roosevelt, menwhile, turned to the task of succoring American families at the very outset of the New Deal.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 23, 2020

At times he glorifies women as succoring goddesses.

From Time Magazine Archive

Spot cash actually slipped into China's palm last week: $100,000 as a gift from the American Red Cross to be used in succoring the estimated 10,000,000 victims of China's current flood-famine.

From Time Magazine Archive

She had a tanned, broad-featured succoring face, the face of a person who could not abide conflict.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie