hesitation
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"Backburning was definitely much more at the forefront when I returned in 2024," he says, with Canadian firefighters showing "no hesitation" to include the approach in their operations.
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026
Without hesitation I told her she should pick up “A People’s History of the United States” by Howard Zinn, first published in 1980 and still the most comprehensive remedial tonic to received wisdom I know.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026
In the meantime, her hesitation froze the field.
From Slate ● Jul. 24, 2026
My biggest hesitation is that they often require participants to close their credit-card accounts or limit their use.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 17, 2026
The old Penelope would never have taken it without permission, but Penelope “Sticky Fingers” Lumley, master criminal and friend to pirates, had no such hesitation.
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
Let’s start with the big “why” for your efforts, because that may solve all of your hesitations in one fell swoop.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 14, 2026
Douglass admired Lincoln’s towering sense of humanity even as he critiqued the president’s hesitations and half-steps.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2025
When you do have moments where you go I think this might be going too far or This is too mean-spirited, how do those hesitations manifest for you?
From Slate ● Jun. 11, 2025
It found that most respondents were "broadly optimistic" about the use of AI in education, but almost all had some hesitations.
From BBC ● Nov. 27, 2023
“But of course!” he cried, making up for his first hesitations with an excess of noisy cordiality.
From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley
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