benefactor
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Musk spent three days on the stand portraying himself as a selfless benefactor seeking to reconcile the advancement of AI with the preservation of humanity.
From Barron's • May 14, 2026
A big benefactor of the safety car to allow him a cheap pit stop and get up into the points and keep Esteban Ocon at bay for P9.
From BBC • Mar. 29, 2026
By the time Sedaka released “Laughter in the Rain” in 1974, he had severed ties with 10cc and found a new benefactor in Elton John.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2026
The late T. Boone Pickens, the chief benefactor for Oklahoma State, built an oil fortune that he dispersed to the Cowboys.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026
Still, Mollie Burkhart and many others considered him Osage County’s greatest benefactor.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
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