loath
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Loath to go back to a nine-to-five, I answered a casting ad for a Santa Claus to work parties and private events.
From Salon • Dec. 24, 2019
Loath to ignore the fruits of his archival sleuthing, he throws almost everything into the mix, leaving it to the reader to assume the author’s role of separating the important from the tangential.
From New York Times • Oct. 22, 2019
Loath as I am to dismiss anyone’s good old days, the story doesn’t translate well to a fancy restaurant.
From Washington Post • Oct. 30, 2018
Loath as Max may be to admit it, his books were not born in a vacuum, the product of one brave and solitary brain.
From Slate • May 17, 2018
Loath as Tyrion was to admit it, Littlefinger's scheme had promise.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
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"Julius Caesar" by William Shakespeare, Act I
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