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good-hearted

[good-hahr-tid] / ˈgʊdˈhɑr tɪd /








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Baseball is fleeting, a bit of good-hearted nationalism doubly so.

From Salon • Mar. 18, 2026

Samantha’s father hires Nana away from her grimy pub-cleaning job to answer the phone at his taxi service: a good-hearted gesture or a bribe to keep her and Janey quiet?

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026

Peggy Jo Tallas was, by all accounts, the classic good-hearted Texas woman.

From Slate • Nov. 15, 2025

Pragmatic, good-hearted Ava is the film’s moral center, the one disgusted enough to realize that she, her friends and Southport’s leadership are all cretins.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 18, 2025

“He’s a good-hearted boy. Anything breaks at my house, he fixes it.”

From "The City of Ember" by Jeanne DuPrau




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