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happily

[hap-uh-lee] / ˈhæp ə li /




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To try it out, I asked Muse AI to make it look like I was driving a car and it happily did so, with interesting results.

From BBC • Jul. 8, 2026

All youth sports are like this, but soccer is hilariously commodified: if you want your golden retriever to play for the Fire Kickers FC Select D Team, Fire Kickers FC will happily take your money.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 7, 2026

For a while, the two recipes existed happily in parallel until, one afternoon, it occurred to me that they might actually be the same conversation.

From Salon • Jul. 4, 2026

Another, who already clocks up roughly a marathon's worth of walking each month, admitted he'd happily take a free reward for something he's already doing.

From BBC • Jul. 2, 2026

Eddie happily drags the plate of cakes toward her side of the table, eating the last of the petits fours in a few big bites.

From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy




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