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If you don’t already have an emergency fund, this $20,000 may have come at a good time.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 27, 2026
Henley said netball initially encouraged teamwork, alongside having "a hell of a good time".
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
"However, any bowel change that is new or different for you deserves medical attention. An annual wellness visit is a good time to raise these concerns."
From Science Daily ● Jul. 22, 2026
The next chapter will start eventually, and likely it will be set in a location where LeBron can compete and have a good time, and that he and his family can feel good about.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026
Since they had been making such good time, the expedition set out early that morning.
From "Death on the River of Doubt" by Samantha Seiple
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
But these moments are few and far between and too little of that infectious good-time energy extends beyond the parameters of the screen and into the audience.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 4, 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
It is decidedly an old-school, good-time miniseries dropped into a world that will measure it by upper-crusty limited series standards.
From Salon ● Mar. 20, 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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