do-gooder
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The political staffers, the journalists, and the do-gooder nonprofit types all went back home, and back to work.
From Slate ● Dec. 23, 2025
“Urchin” is rich in confidence without a penny of do-gooder pity.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 24, 2025
One commentator said now that the "do-gooder" pandoro with pink icing sugar had been exposed as junk, Italians were wondering where that left "the princess of influencers as well as queen of social media".
From BBC ● Dec. 19, 2023
The descriptions of Bankman-Fried by the prosecution's three star witnesses contradict the 31-year-old former billionaire's pre-arrest reputation as a nerdy do-gooder who wanted to be a responsible actor in the rough-and-tumble crypto space.
From Reuters ● Oct. 23, 2023
I figured him for a lightweight do-gooder who would last about five minutes in this neighborhood.
From "Bronx Masquerade" by Nikki Grimes
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