hesitant
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Preoccupied as he may be regarding his time left on Earth, Brock characteristically pivots to a kind of hesitant sanguinity.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026
Ueda said that Japanese businesses, which had been hesitant to raise prices due to decades of deflation, have recently become much more aggressive in their pricing strategies.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026
During a call with reporters, Fiddelke noted that consumers remain hesitant as the Iran war drives up prices for gas, clothing and the materials that go into the products on retailers’ shelves.
From MarketWatch • May 20, 2026
Coming off of 2025, market volatility saw farmers across the country hesitant to buy their year’s fertilizer early, opting instead to buy it closer to the start of the spring growing season.
From Salon • May 15, 2026
We went in all hesitant, looking back and forth at each other, not sure it was cool to even be in there if you weren’t a regular.
From "We Were Here" by Matt De La Peña
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