ambivalent

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Spain has long been one of Europe’s more ambivalent countries when it comes to American power.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

Some manufacturers definitely want turbos to stay, others are more ambivalent.

From BBC • Mar. 10, 2026

His debut show of summer menswear in June last year won widespread praise, but his women's collection in October elicited a more ambivalent reception.

From Barron's • Jan. 18, 2026

For many Latino members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, there is an ambivalent sense of the Church’s stance on immigrants.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 9, 2025

Although McCandless was enough of a realist to know that hunting game was an unavoidable component of living off the land, he had always been ambivalent about killing animals.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer