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only too happy



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Cambodia, by contrast, is only too happy to welcome outside intervention.

From BBC Dec. 10, 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

Iran has been isolated and only too happy to have new trading partners and some source of international legitimacy.

From New York Times Oct. 18, 2023

But for now, with his country locked in a war against Russia, he is only too happy to feed the troops as an army cook.

From Reuters Sep. 13, 2023

While unicorns and merpeople are only too happy to stay within the territories designated for their use, dragons will seek any opportunity to set forth in search of prey beyond the reservation borders.

From "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" by J.K. Rowling




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