grudging
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Grudging bipartisanship was still possible, as Clinton and Gingrich demonstrated over welfare and criminal justice reform in the mid-1990s.
From BBC • Nov. 2, 2017
Grudging applause: the other bloke’s not playing ball.
From The Guardian • Jul. 16, 2017
Grudging Level of Respect Higher after a bonding moment in which Carter teaches Lee how to really groove to Edwin Starr’s funky “War.”
From New York Times • Jun. 9, 2016
Grudging acceptance Mr Bashir, in a broadcast shown on national television, joined the south's President Salva Kiir on top of an open pick-up truck, waving with his trademark stick to crowds in the packed stadium.
From BBC • Jan. 20, 2010
Grudging assurances that Shaver was asleep and hostile glances directed at the mysterious basket did not disturb his equanimity.
From A Reversible Santa Claus by Nicholson, Meredith
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