as in good life
a life marked by material wealth and comfort
with the acquisition of a big house in the suburbs, they felt as though the American dream had indeed become a reality for them
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Her guiding rule has given her a good life with her teenaged daughter, a job as a philosophy tutor, and a coven of friends.—
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The father’s job, as a judge for the Revolutionary Court, gives them a good life, but anti-government protests are brewing; and when a brutal police crackdown follows, the children see that their father is part of the problem.—
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4 Jan. 2026
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