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So what happens when copyright holders start tracking down those DJs beneficently spinning unlicensed tunes, those celebrities blithely dancing to unlicensed songs on TikTok?

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2020

A huge billboard showed Xi gazing beneficently beside Papua New Guinea’s leader.

From Washington Times ● Nov. 22, 2018

A huge billboard showed Xi gazing beneficently beside Papua New Guinea's leader.

From Fox News ● Nov. 22, 2018

“My power is influencing everybody,” he says to introduce himself on camera, smiling beneficently like the guru he imagines himself to be.

From The New Yorker ● Jun. 24, 2015

As I was reintroduced to her, she sipped at her little bottle of dark brownish-red liquid and smiled beneficently.

From "Kindred" by Octavia Butler


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