reticent
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The once reticent Lopes also showed leadership qualities as early as 1976, when a throw by new Dodgers outfielder Dusty Baker had missed the cutoff man.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026
Det Ch Insp Louise Metcalfe, leading the Essex Police investigation, said the author of the anonymous handwritten letter to officers "seemed reticent of coming forward but couldn't bear the nightmare of knowing what they knew".
From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026
However, it could be much more reticent about prospects for future rate cuts given high energy prices.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026
And increasingly, many young New Zealanders are making more permanent moves, reticent to come back to a country they feel no longer offers a prosperous future for them.
From BBC • Mar. 2, 2026
The skeptical, reticent owner doesn’t say a word as he adds the bill on the cash register.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
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