good guy
noun
: a morally correct person or character : a hero
It's hard to tell the good guys from the bad guys in this movie.
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There are actual stakes here, for Corinthian’s future as a good guy and Johanna as someone who builds up boundaries to protect herself, and their dynamic has texture that Morpheus’s long and inevitable march toward a martyrlike end doesn’t.
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Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 24 July 2025
He’s earned that chance, but in today’s NBA, nobody is assured of anything.
Not even a good guy and a good coach like Jamahl Mosley.
—Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 23 July 2025
Laws was known in the music community as a good guy.
—Keith Sharon, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
In one of the show’s final scenes, antagonist The Front Man (Lee Byung-hun) leaves the newborn — along with the 45.6 billion won cash prize, about $31.5 million — with his good guy police detective brother, Jun-ho (Wi Ha-joon).
—Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 1 July 2025
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Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 24 July 2025
He’s earned that chance, but in today’s NBA, nobody is assured of anything.
Not even a good guy and a good coach like Jamahl Mosley.
—Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 23 July 2025
Laws was known in the music community as a good guy.
—Keith Sharon, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
In one of the show’s final scenes, antagonist The Front Man (Lee Byung-hun) leaves the newborn — along with the 45.6 billion won cash prize, about $31.5 million — with his good guy police detective brother, Jun-ho (Wi Ha-joon).
—Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 1 July 2025
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“Good guy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/good%20guy. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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