ready and willing
Example Sentences
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"We remain ready and willing to engage in further talks with the Trust over a resolution to this dispute," she added.
From BBC • Feb. 10, 2026
"Police are ready and willing to engage with people that breach those rules."
From Barron's • Jan. 26, 2026
The growth of the private credit market, in which investors rather than bank depositors fund loans, protects bank depositors and ultimately taxpayers by transferring credit risk to people ready and willing to bear it.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 20, 2026
“You could say to people, let’s meet at 3 for a taco, and there would be five people ready and willing to go.”
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 13, 2025
And that the Soviets had dozens of hydrogen bomb warheads in Cuba during the crisis—plus tactical nukes that Soviet commanders were ready and willing to use if attacked.
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
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