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So, as Major League Baseball pauses play and honors some of the best performers in each league, now’s a good time to hand out our first-half awards.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 12, 2026
So now might be a good time to stock up on first-class “forever” stamps before prices go up.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 8, 2026
So, did Joshua end up having a really good time?
From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026
Suddenly, your good time is interrupted by an elder pulling you aside and pushing you toward a paunchy, bespectacled sack lurking in a corner.
From Salon ● Jul. 3, 2026
Dad hugged my shoulder and told me to have a good time.
From Absolutely Almost by Lisa Graff
With its range of good-time rock ’n’ roll and ambitious, eccentric art-pop, they’re at once a band for everybody and a band for geeks.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 24, 2024
Zac Efron stars as Chickie Donohue, an unmotivated good-time guy from Inwood, Manhattan, who just can’t stand that his buddies from the neighborhood keep getting killed in the war.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 29, 2022
Walker, a songwriter and theater lover, was a good-time guy who sanctioned Sunday movies and baseball games, as well as vehemently opposing Prohibition.
From New York Times ● Nov. 2, 2021
“I was nobody when I was in law school,” Tommy told me once, explaining what drove him to get into the good-time business.
From Washington Post ● May 26, 2020
Some folks did it, but it was all secret, or they were good-time, partying folks like Rocky’s friends at Small’s Paradise.
From "The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother" by James McBride
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