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good people

British  

plural noun

  1. folklore fairies

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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"Let's break a record and send a message that they can't mess with us anymore. We are good people in the Rio Grande Valley," Pulido told the crowd of thousands at Sunday's rally.

From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026

This phenomenon stems in part from the just-world cognitive bias, the tendency to believe that the world is fundamentally fair and that good people are rewarded while bad people are punished.

From Slate ● Oct. 26, 2026

“It’s no surprise that at the end of the quarter, there’s spikes one way or another because people want to look good, people want to hedge their losses,” Lescure said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

It’s only the first of many shocks that Claire has in store for the good people of Gullen.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026

There were good people on the block, but what I wanted was to be more than what I saw on the block.

From "145th Street: Short Stories" by Walter Dean Myers

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