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Members of New York’s underworld were only too happy to help, and the collaboration proved a success.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026

But we have a lot of deep-seated problems and cultural idiosyncrasies that Newsom’s rivals — Democrat and Republican — would be only too happy to hang around his neck.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 22, 2025

This shows how efficient the brain is: once it has found a solution to a certain problem, it is only too happy to use it for other, similar tasks as well.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 1, 2024

Sir Bobby's mother, Cissie, was a football fanatic only too happy to encourage her sons.

From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2023

Mr. Foster was only too happy to give them a few figures.

From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley




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