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obligingly

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helpfully
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A hero obligingly appears in the shape of Charlie Wells, valet to one of the aristocratic guests visiting Marlecombe Park.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026

With this intimate, painful epiphany, the show’s larger parable about obligingly submitting to ahistorical ignorance is blunted with a spiritually benevolent ideal.

From Salon ● Jun. 18, 2026

SpaceX appealed to the 5th Circuit Court, which obligingly ordered the case returned to Texas.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 12, 2024

The final act takes place on the shores of what seems to be an uncharted desert isle, where the survivors obligingly act out an allegory about power and human nature.

From New York Times ● Oct. 6, 2022

But he obligingly got up and took the pan out of my hands.

From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank




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