well-intentioned
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It’s a well-intentioned, heart-in-the-right-place movie — but is that what this ornery tale of angry activists upending a social order designed to keep them hidden ultimately deserves?
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2026
They wouldn’t need to be professional or perfect, just well-intentioned and armed with uncontroversial foundational source material.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
“This proposal is well-intentioned, but misguided,” Nancy Altman, the president of Social Security Works, an advocacy group, told MarketWatch by email.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026
Now that we’ve confirmed that a somewhat edgier choice is better than a well-intentioned embarrassment, we should file away this memory and never speak of it again.
From Salon ● Sep. 15, 2026
Ser Barristan suggested a tourney instead; his orphans could ride at rings and fight a melee with blunted weapons, he said, a suggestion Dany knew was as hopeless as it was well-intentioned.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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