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"ref": "1956 [1880], Johanna Spyri, Heidi, translation of original by Eileen Hall, page 82",
"text": "'I'll see to that for you, Miss Clara,' he said obligingly.",
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"ref": "1970, Larry Niven, Ringworld, page 252",
"text": "Speaker obligingly changed the angle of his cutting.",
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