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Recent Examples of do-gooder
Kit Harington is hanging up his hat as being typecast as do-gooders.
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Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 7 Aug. 2024
This may seem paradoxical, instances of Jewish do-gooders acting on behalf of others.
—Corey Robin, The New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2024
From his initial criminal antics to his later days as an international do-gooder, the fiercely loyal Dom drives, fights, loves, laughs and defies physics regularly with friends and loved ones.
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—Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 22 July 2024
The desire to look spiffy seems to have spread beyond these supposedly do-gooder labels, such as Loro Piana and Cucinelli.
—Rachel Tashjian, Washington Post, 18 July 2024
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Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 7 Aug. 2024
This may seem paradoxical, instances of Jewish do-gooders acting on behalf of others.
—Corey Robin, The New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2024
From his initial criminal antics to his later days as an international do-gooder, the fiercely loyal Dom drives, fights, loves, laughs and defies physics regularly with friends and loved ones.
16.
—Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 22 July 2024
The desire to look spiffy seems to have spread beyond these supposedly do-gooder labels, such as Loro Piana and Cucinelli.
—Rachel Tashjian, Washington Post, 18 July 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for do-gooder
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But for now, with inflation nearing the Fed’s 2% target and the job market still notching strong gains, the optimists seem to be having a moment.Bryan Mena, CNN, 5 Oct. 2024
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But the optimist thinks this is Google’s ambient computing vision coming alive.Antonio G. Di Benedetto, The Verge, 18 Sep. 2024
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The politics of Pollyanna, brought to you by the things-have-never-been-better crowd.Bret Stephens, The Mercury News, 24 Oct. 2024
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Pope and Sarah go into catacombs beneath an old church in search of the treasure, but are forced to hide among the rats when Lightner (Rigo Sanchez) and his boss Dalia (Pollyanna McIntosh) show up and grab a mysterious scroll that is most likely a map.Christy Piña, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Oct. 2024
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Also, what Vance said about would-be Social Security reformers and the impoverishment of grandparents: That has been a Democratic talking-point for decades.Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 5 Nov. 2024
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The Packers have had a reformer machine available to players for a number of years, and Lal works with Clark on his in-season off-days.Charlotte Carroll, The Athletic, 7 Aug. 2024
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“Do-gooder.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/do-gooder. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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