ambivalent

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North Carolina resident Shelley Hughes was more ambivalent.

From Barron's • Mar. 20, 2026

A terrific story captures the ambivalent emotions surrounding the ballet performance of Sylvia’s teenage grandchildren.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 5, 2026

Yet, even at the height of fame, he chooses to remain on the margins of celebrity culture, visibly ambivalent about his own success.

From BBC • Jan. 28, 2026

And yet Americans remain ambivalent about the growing risk of floods.

From Slate • Jul. 24, 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