do something for
Example Sentences
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"It was really the wish of the Holy Father to be able to do something for the children of Gaza," a close confidant of the late pontiff, Cardinal Anders Arborelius of Sweden, tells me.
From BBC • Apr. 21, 2026
“These were consumer-based lawsuits, so you would think they’d actually do something for consumers with everything that they stipulated that this company did wrong,” Sanchez said.
From Salon • Apr. 12, 2026
When repurposed as forecasts of displacement, they are asked to do something for which they were never designed.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 28, 2026
“The thought occurred to me, ‘if I have to do something for the next 25 years of my life, it better be something I love,’ ” Scott said during a 2019 radio segment.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 8, 2026
“Why do I have to? Why can’t someone else do something for once? What if I don’t want to do this anymore?”
From "Insurgent" by Veronica Roth
