reluctantly
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Reluctantly, the Salehpours said, they accepted the decision to drop the charges.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 21, 2025
Reluctantly, she said, she is moving to California this summer to work at a new clinic where the treatment is allowed.
From New York Times • Jul. 6, 2023
Reluctantly, because I'm always a Canadian on American soil, and thus uninsured.
From Salon • Nov. 28, 2022
Reluctantly, Yankovic acknowledges there’s something, in fact, very real about Weird Al.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 9, 2022
Reluctantly, she left her room and made her way along the gloomy paneled corridor to the head of the stairs where she paused to listen.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
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