hesitant
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Tim Duffy, a pediatrician in Salt Lake County: A lot of families aren’t aggressively anti-vax, but they’re hesitant.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
The reasons many people are hesitant to sign up range from plain fear of the front line to a reluctance to fight in a war with no end in sight.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
Some buyers are hesitant to shop around because they’re worried about multiple “hard” credit pulls impacting their credit ratings.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 17, 2026
Investors are hesitant to buy because they expect tech companies to keep issuing hundreds of billions of dollars in new bonds to fund AI.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
He took a few hesitant steps toward her.
From "Love, Hate & Other Filters" by Samira Ahmed
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