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Ben Higgins, bless him, was obliging enough to tell two women he loved them near the end, but until that point was too easygoing to make much of a splash.

From Slate • Feb. 1, 2018

I jotted the story in my notebook enthusiastically; I was eager to fit my father into the self-made tradition, and he was obliging me.

From Slate • Sep. 29, 2014

North maintained his good- humored equanimity, and when a photographer corralled him with his wife Betsy and one of his daughters while they looked at Christmas trees, North was obliging.

From Time Magazine Archive

Next day the Justice Department announced that it was obliging Donovan, as, in fact, it had planned to do even before he spoke out.

From Time Magazine Archive

He seemed to be rather amused by the whole situation, but was obliging enough; he returned inside the house and after a few moments emerged again with a jug of water and a funnel.

From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro