ambivalence
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So he may have been caught by surprise when the news of the plan was met in the evangelical world with ambivalence, wariness, and, occasionally, alarm.
From Slate ● Oct. 15, 2026
That ambivalence about football surfaces in the novel, starting with agent Banks’ early assessment of the NFL’s possible involvement in an extortion plot.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
The ambivalence among advisers’ views may help explain why they do not appear to have much impact on their clients.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 27, 2026
If a single power source could be said to have fueled the creative work of Alice Munro, the only Canadian to win the Nobel Prize in literature, it would be her ambivalence about her mother.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
Steve was in his mid-thirties and had a passion and certainty that seemed the direct opposite of my ambivalence.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
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