reluctantly
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In Sunny Dancer, Ramsey plays Ivy, a young female cancer survivor in remission who reluctantly heads to a "chemo camp" where she finds an unexpected group of friends and has a summer that changes her.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
Bill has been involved in multiple business ventures; he reluctantly told me that these include at least one other Trump store, in Gatlinburg—another former Cupid’s Outlet—as well as condos in Florida.
From Slate ● Aug. 14, 2026
With competing commitments, however, most of the drivers reluctantly bow out.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
He enters reluctantly, since he knows nothing about baseball, and leaves fired up by the heroism of men like Satchel Paige and Jackie Robinson.
From Salon ● Aug. 7, 2026
Mae ushered Connor inside, and I followed reluctantly.
From "Willodeen" by Katherine Applegate
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