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deed

[deed] / did /




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Tim Cook must feel as though no good deed goes unpunished.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 21, 2026

Some users online said they used them to invest in stocks, claiming their "lobsters" analysed the best times to buy and sell, and even did the deed, despite the risk of costly errors.

From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026

To return to the historical evidence, the weakening of political and economic institutions is usually enough for the evil deed to be done.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026

"We were there very quickly after the deed had been perpetrated," Robertson says.

From BBC • Mar. 7, 2026

She was working to get the book back, to do a good deed, to win the contest, to bring her father home.

From "Raymie Nightingale" by Kate DiCamillo




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