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is obliging

  • present progressive of oblige (3rd person singular).

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“Yellowstone” co-creator Taylor Sheridan is obliging with “1883,” described as a retelling of Western expansion though the impoverished family’s journey toward a new chapter in pre-statehood Montana.

From Seattle Times Dec. 13, 2021

“It is obliging us to do something I don’t want to do. I prefer to say ‘No’ and keep my freedom.”

From New York Times Jul. 23, 2021

Happily, the government is obliging his desire for taking the positives.

From The Guardian May 1, 2020

The wheel may be unbroken, but for Game of Thrones, if your noblesse is obliging enough, it works.

From Slate May 21, 2019

The kindly person is obliging to everyone, not displeased with any, and is attractive to all men.

From Epistle Sermons, Vol. II Epiphany, Easter and Pentecost by Lenker, John Nicholas