good word
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Madame Pernelle, too, worships at the shrine of Tartuffe, but has nary a good word, and many a bad one, for anyone else.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 17, 2025
It clearly left him smarting and he's not had a good word to say about wind power since.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2025
“They start pumping their arm. It’s a little bit embarrassing; and that’s probably not a good word … But when they do that, they mean well.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 24, 2025
Aggressiveness is a very, very good word for it.
From Salon ● Nov. 24, 2024
Lizabeth said that we had done what we thought was right, but that there was no every-dence but my good word.
From "Girls Like Us" by Gail Giles
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