succor

Example Sentences

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Ukrainians have for centuries been mostly an agrarian nation, plowing fertile black soils and relying on neighbors for physical and spiritual succor.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 10, 2026

But late Tuesday night a district judge in Western Pennsylvania did give them some succor.

From Salon • May 14, 2025

Instead, the islanders met their humane responsibilities, providing succor to the deceived innocent victims and arranging the services they had been promised.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 22, 2024

Elders say the land was blessed by Usen, their Creator, and inhabited by Ga’an, the mountain spirits or angels who provide spiritual succor and guidance to seekers.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 28, 2023

I spake comfortably to him and fetched water both for him and for those around him, who had not received succor all day.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson