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  • noun Plural form of samaritan.

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Examples

  • I have called samaritans and they are kind but they can't break my barrier nothing can other than death so I guess only nothing can help me.

    Yahoo! Answers: Latest Questions 2010

  • There is a charity called "samaritans" which offer suicide hotline and reply to suicide-related mails.

    [Help] Most Recent Posts SigTerm 2010

  • There is a charity called "samaritans" which offer suicide hotline and reply to suicide-related mails.

    [Help] Most Recent Posts SigTerm 2010

  • I question that sanity of any person who lifts a finger to stop the samaritans work.

    Think Progress » Christian leaders urge Congress to ignore misinformation on abortion provisions and pass health reform. 2010

  • Two of the good samaritans jumped into the water, which was three to four feet deep, and kept the victim's head and uppper body out of the water until rescuers arrived.

    Man trapped in pond is rescued Erica Johnston 2010

  • We're indebted to our friends in the ForbesWoman community: on our site, our outposts on Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn, and good samaritans offering the latest just-gotta-read sites.

    Top 100 Websites For Women 2011 2011

  • Mark Brady, a spokesman for the fire department, said two "good samaritans" and a pair of Anne Arundel County police cadets waded into the water and held the unconscious man's head above the water until firefighters arrived.

    Man trapped in pond is rescued Erica Johnston 2010

  • The Prince George's fire department, two "good samaritans" and two police trainees helped to rescue a man whose truck crashed and overturned in a collection pond Tuesday night, officials said.

    Man trapped in pond is rescued Erica Johnston 2010

  • Address in the sidebar, imaginary good samaritans.

    Excuses, Excuses 2010

  • Matching good samaritans with smart phones: And of today's second half of pitches still rolling in, the crowd favorite thus far also falls into the realm of sealing gaps, literally: CitySourced lets you quickly and easily report public annoyances like your city's pot holes by using your smart phone -- with the intention of crowd-sourcing that information for cities.

    Maya Baratz: At TechCrunch50, Patching Up the Old Is the New "New" 2009

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