kindness
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Sometimes kindness looks like lowering the bar just enough that you can actually step over it.
From Salon ● Sep. 15, 2026
Because it does, says Daniel Lozano, CEO of Kindworks.ai, a workplace-software company that aims to bolster kindness at the office.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026
And even if your gesture doesn’t have a big financial impact on each customer, I’m sure the small act of kindness would be gratefully received by each customer you comp on that day.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 11, 2026
"Her story is humbling, full of compassion and kindness and makes us think about how we live our own lives - it is a legacy for us all."
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
And if it really was Mami Wata, then I was glad to have repaid in some small measure the kindness she had shown to generations of my family.
From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo
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When I look back over these past months I am overwhelmed by the kindnesses bestowed not only on me but on my wife and daughters.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2025
On Friday, Buckingham Palace said the King and Queen "remain deeply grateful for the many kindnesses and good wishes they have received from around the world throughout the joys and challenges of the past year".
From BBC ● Apr. 26, 2024
Jamison has known, and described, her own suffering and loss, but most of all, her work is replete with the kindnesses she has encountered in her long experience struggling with, and thinking about, mental illness.
From New York Times ● May 22, 2023
Instantly smitten, Wunsch would not only show Helena personal kindnesses, she’d call upon him to grant favors that would spare the lives of many of those around her, especially that of her sister, Roza.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2021
In her inventory of loss people were not reduced to sums but multiplied by their kindnesses.
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
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