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But who knows at what age Barlow began planning to present the public face of a charitable do-gooder, while secretly scheming to deprive the weak and vulnerable of succour , if indeed he ever did so?
Passes were misplaced or dropped, runners were not where ball-carriers expected them to be, a few lineouts malfunctioned and it was only in the scrum, invariably a source of succour against Australia, where they enjoyed manifest superiority, awarded seven free-kicks or penalties to none.
The figures which came out on Tuesday showed annual growth in the value of housing finance (excluding refinancing) was 9.8%: But overall business investment is not expected to provide much succour to the budget.
In contrast to the Catholic church Voltaire fought – an authoritarian near-monopoly – Eisenberg, like Carey, sees Islam in today's France as a religion providing succour to the "embattled, marginalised, impoverished and victimised", a population for whom the cartoons "must be seen as intended to cause further humiliation and suffering".
Ah here's a little succour for Spurs: they're involved in a battle with Southampton for the Sporting Lisbon midfielder Adrien Silva.
But there's not too much succour for Spurs: their midfielder Nabil Bentaleb has become the subject of a tug of war between Arsenal, Paris Saint-Germain and Juventus.
Longford was the only person to visit this dying man, a gesture repeated in countless episodes that never made headlines but which brought succour and relief.
The other is giving succour to the restless Tory right who detest the EU and want to see Britain secede from it.
But they could re-establish a grip on large parts of the south and east of the country, give succour to al-Qaeda, and sow the seeds for a new civil war.None of those outcomes is remotely in the West's interests.
In truth Norman St John-Stevas, who died on March 2nd, aged 82, drew delight and succour from pageantry and tradition as others take warmth from the sun.An important memory dated back to his teenage years, when the future academic, journalist and Conservative politician watched the wedding procession of Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip.
With Comcast in charge, would Mr Jobs reconsider the divorce?Unhappy familyThe Comcast bid provides both succour and a conundrum for two of Disney's noisiest critics, who would presumably prefer the firm to stay independent: Roy Disney and Stanley Gold, two former board members who resigned their positions in December in order to mount a public campaign against Mr Eisner.
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The primary grammatical function of "succour" is a noun or verb that signifies providing assistance, relief, or help in times of distress. Ludwig AI confirms its usability in written English, emphasizing its formal tone.
Expression frequency: Very common
