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Good Samaritan

[good suh-mar-i-tn] / ˈgʊd səˈmær ɪ tn /


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Thinking they'll just move on to find someplace to eat lunch, they're surprised when a cop swoops in to arrest them all for violating the newly installed good samaritan law.

From Salon • Sep. 17, 2022

The good samaritan was not at the scene when law enforcement officials arrived.

From Fox News • Jan. 5, 2022

If the credentials were readily available as the letter to drivers indicates it is entirely possible that a good samaritan dropped them a note.

From Forbes • Feb. 28, 2015

“Break up with her, she’s a psycho,” the good samaritan reasonably advises.

From Time • Mar. 10, 2014

My good samaritan picked the poorest and the most wistful for his largesse of roses.

From The Best Short Stories of 1919 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story by O'Brien, Edward J. (Edward Joseph Harrington)




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