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Gunn’s bright and bouncy film conceives of the hero as just one of Earth’s many gifted do-gooders.
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David Sims, The Atlantic, 8 July 2025
But at the end of last season, her ne’er-do-well son, Oscar (Blake Ritson), lost her fortune in a scam, while Nixon’s do-gooder, Ada, received a surprise windfall, inheriting money from a now-dead husband, played by Robert Sean Leonard.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 17 June 2025
The civic do-gooders at CTBA, as it’s known, are pushing a complicated solution to Illinois’ ongoing pension crisis.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 16 June 2025
Public benefits were reserved primarily for the families of veterans, and private charity went almost exclusively to widows, for even do-gooders were loath to let absent fathers off the hook by helping their children.
—Augustine Sedgewick, Time, 13 June 2025
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David Sims, The Atlantic, 8 July 2025
But at the end of last season, her ne’er-do-well son, Oscar (Blake Ritson), lost her fortune in a scam, while Nixon’s do-gooder, Ada, received a surprise windfall, inheriting money from a now-dead husband, played by Robert Sean Leonard.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 17 June 2025
The civic do-gooders at CTBA, as it’s known, are pushing a complicated solution to Illinois’ ongoing pension crisis.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 16 June 2025
Public benefits were reserved primarily for the families of veterans, and private charity went almost exclusively to widows, for even do-gooders were loath to let absent fathers off the hook by helping their children.
—Augustine Sedgewick, Time, 13 June 2025
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“Do-gooder.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/do-gooder. Accessed 15 Jul. 2025.
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