good intention
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The Gulf trio "led a long, frantic, diplomatic last-minute effort to convince President Trump to give Iran a chance to show good intention", the official said on condition of anonymity, adding that dialogue was continuing.
From Barron's ● Jan. 15, 2026
“What you’re seeing is a growing gap between the reality of everyday people and those who, with good intention, want to work on their behalf,” she said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 19, 2024
With good intention and often with some discomfort, they all ask me the same thing: How am I doing?
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 30, 2023
Not even the matriarchal link at the story’s center feels satisfying, its good intention strangled by the plotty chaos.
From New York Times ● Jun. 29, 2023
Progress and social reform are not, he saw, mere cloaks of hypocrisy; a wealth of good intention lies behind them in spite of their manifest futility.
From Marriage by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
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