It's the doing of the good deed that is important, not the thanks you receive.
is that mess in the kitchen your doing?
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The department initiated an administrative review when allegations of wrong-doing mounted.—Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 24 Feb. 2026 Laughlin, with Poder, said the influx has meant people with citizenship or other less-vulnerable statuses can show up in ways members of the undocumented community don't feel safe doing.—Taylor Seely, AZCentral.com, 10 Feb. 2026 Not up to us are our bodies, possessions, reputations, public offices — in short, whatever is not our own doing.—Massimo Pigliucci, Big Think, 29 Jan. 2026 Starting with all that stuff that marketing’s doing, being able to tie that down to financial metrics, and giving them credit for that, and board or executive conversations [about everything together] creates a lot of alignment as well.—Megan Poinski, Forbes.com, 28 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for doing