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

He built up as a young man one of the most lucrative legal practices in India, then devoted all his possessions except the last wad or two of rags to succoring the needy.

From Time Magazine Archive

Long ago—in the early spring of 1924—Congress embarked upon the task of succoring the farmer.

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