at heart
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Of course consumers may still feel somewhat hesitant—particularly on the question External link of whether or not AI actually has their best interests at heart.
From Barron's • May 12, 2026
Mazariegos, another target of Neighbors First, said he’s convinced the group has wealthy backers who “don’t have our community’s best interests” at heart.
From Los Angeles Times • May 9, 2026
Los Angeles and Tucson, Ariz. Despite many close friendships, especially with women, he was at heart a loner, conditioned, possibly, by clinical depression, for which he sought electroshock therapy even though it addled his brain.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026
“I was a cowboy at heart even then, as I am to this day.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026
While her men—I fancied myself one already, though I was only sixteen—were in a hurry to get going, were Winnipeggers at heart already, she lingered.
From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
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