hesitant
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She acknowledges some may be hesitant to try.
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026
While I’m hesitant to claim that Schoenbrun’s primary strength is as a novelist rather than a filmmaker, “Public Access Afterworld” goes some distance toward making that case.
From Salon ● Oct. 29, 2026
So when I received an email from a 76-year-old retired professor and university band director over the summer, I was initially hesitant to respond to his query:
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 27, 2026
Investors have at times been hesitant to support the spending spree that Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg has undertaken to transform Meta into an AI company, repeatedly pushing him to see near-term returns.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026
They weren’t loud or confident like the march of a Son of the Six; these were softer, more hesitant.
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
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