Samaritan

Example Sentences

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Not far from the Samaritan Clinic is Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital, Southwest Georgia’s largest hospital — a nonprofit founded on the principle that patients should be treated regardless of their ability to pay.

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

"My proposal for a Good Samaritan law is exactly that," said Ms Naz.

From BBC • Dec. 3, 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

The only man to help was a Samaritan — the member of a despised minority — who “went up to him and bound up his wounds” and took him to an inn.

From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell