benevolent
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“This is not some benevolent interest-rate cycle where the economy is ripping and rates are going up,” he says.
From The Wall Street Journal โ Oct. 9, 2026
Leung Chun-ying, who led the city between 2012 and 2017, described him as a "benevolent" leader who "won people over with reason".
From BBC โ Sep. 9, 2026
While the movie also acknowledges that there are myths forming around Robin Hood that suggest he may have a history of benevolent deeds, Sarnoski tilts the viewer toward not believing that.
From The Wall Street Journal โ Jun. 23, 2026
With this intimate, painful epiphany, the show’s larger parable about obligingly submitting to ahistorical ignorance is blunted with a spiritually benevolent ideal.
From Salon โ Jun. 18, 2026
“Your prioress is like a queen, the fountain of all goodness. All the sisters are her ladies-in-waiting, happy to live under her benevolent rule. There is a hierarchy, with servants in the lowest place.”
From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein
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