do something for
Example Sentences
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This way, it felt like we could do something for everyone, just not at the same time.
From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026
"It was really the wish of the Holy Father to be able to do something for the children of Gaza," a close confidant of the late pontiff, Cardinal Anders Arborelius of Sweden, tells me.
From BBC • Apr. 21, 2026
“These were consumer-based lawsuits, so you would think they’d actually do something for consumers with everything that they stipulated that this company did wrong,” Sanchez said.
From Salon • Apr. 12, 2026
When repurposed as forecasts of displacement, they are asked to do something for which they were never designed.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 28, 2026
“Well, I was wild to do something for Father,” replied Jo, as they gathered about the table, for healthy young people can eat even in the midst of trouble.
From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott
