reluctance
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So you can understand, if not necessarily agree with, their reluctance to drop out and call it a day, in the hope that, just maybe, that proverbial bolt of lightning will strike.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026
Jeffrey Lewis, an arms-control expert at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies, said Iran has long had the technical capability to develop intermediate-range missiles but was held back by a political reluctance to use it.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 21, 2026
With so much at stake in this moment in time, that reluctance looks more like apathy.
From Salon • Mar. 14, 2026
Some believe that the financial peril that plummeting to the Championship would bring is partly due to a reluctance to take financial risks in recent years.
From BBC • Mar. 5, 2026
Sniffing, groaning, shaking his head, Gwystyl with great reluctance heaved the doorway open to its full width.
From "The Black Cauldron" by Lloyd Alexander
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