benevolent
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“Happy building!” the benevolent boy king of A.I. told the world.
From Slate • Apr. 14, 2026
"It is the only alliance that, until now, had a major player behaving like a benevolent hegemon, one that did not impose its actions on others by force," he told AFP.
From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026
By 1908, Wilhelm’s attitude toward the U.S. was more benevolent, and he offered President Theodore Roosevelt an elite corps of Prussian soldiers to be posted in California, supposedly to fend off a Japanese invasion.
From Salon • Mar. 15, 2026
Not like a drunk way but like a benevolent alien who couldn’t believe that this planet had donuts.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 2, 2026
They hadn’t been invited to the wedding—and wouldn’t have come if they had been—but the way they patted his back and rubbed his shoulders, they seemed like a chortling chaw of benevolent uncles.
From "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" by Kelly Barnhill
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