grudging
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Many Western officials view Yermak with a grudging respect.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 28, 2025
I don’t know if the government’s grudging confession of error played a role in the full court’s decision.
From Slate • Oct. 31, 2025
But there was a sense, a grudging willingness among these Labour voters to give Sir Keir and the government more time.
From BBC • Jul. 5, 2025
Soriano said Becerra Moran was among the park regulars who expressed a grudging acceptance of law enforcement.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 9, 2025
The next day the Husky crews performed a time-honored Poughkeepsie ritual and visited each of their rivals’ shell houses to pay grudging respect to their competitors before taking to the river.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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