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Recent Examples of do-gooder
The Vanity Fair report comes at a crucial time for Harry and Meghan’s efforts to make a success of themselves as media moguls, entrepreneurs and global do-gooders.
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Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 17 Jan. 2025
At the beach, while other tourists gather for sunset and surfers catch glassy lefts, do-gooders dig holes, adding plant defender to the frontline, one by one.
—Noah Lederman, Robb Report, 29 Dec. 2024
Lucy is the do-gooder vault dweller, Maximus is the aspirant warrior, and The Ghoul is the wasteland rogue.
—Ars Technica, 24 Dec. 2024
Reyes denied molesting or trafficking the girl, portraying himself as a do-gooder who wished to help an unsheltered person in need, according to police.
—Jakob Rodgers, The Mercury News, 24 Dec. 2024
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Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 17 Jan. 2025
At the beach, while other tourists gather for sunset and surfers catch glassy lefts, do-gooders dig holes, adding plant defender to the frontline, one by one.
—Noah Lederman, Robb Report, 29 Dec. 2024
Lucy is the do-gooder vault dweller, Maximus is the aspirant warrior, and The Ghoul is the wasteland rogue.
—Ars Technica, 24 Dec. 2024
Reyes denied molesting or trafficking the girl, portraying himself as a do-gooder who wished to help an unsheltered person in need, according to police.
—Jakob Rodgers, The Mercury News, 24 Dec. 2024
See all Example Sentences for do-gooder
Recent Examples of Synonyms for do-gooder
Noun
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How will the last cockeyed optimist in popular culture deal with such desolation?—
Sophie Gilbert,
The Atlantic,
7 Feb. 2025
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Shelton is something of an eternal optimist, though.—
Matthew Futterman,
The Athletic,
14 Jan. 2025
Noun
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The documentary significantly adds to the origin story, tracing Reubens’ early days and infatuation with TV kids’ shows and Disney movies — Pollyanna was a favorite — and fleshing out the family’s move to Florida.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
24 Jan. 2025
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But isn’t the cynical explanation also the Pollyanna one?—
Maya Singer,
Vogue,
8 Jan. 2025
Noun
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How to do it: Sit on a Pilates reformer short box with your feet flat on the reformer (tucked under a strap) hip-width apart.—
Danielle Zickl,
SELF,
7 Feb. 2025
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The reformers driving this movement believed in human progress, scientific management, the use of government power for the public good, and replacing political patronage with the hiring of experts.—
Johnathan K Williams / Made by History,
TIME,
30 Jan. 2025
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“Do-gooder.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/do-gooder. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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