reluctance
Example Sentences
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Renewed reluctance to fly with U.A.E.-based carriers or visit the emirate could ripple through already strained hotels, restaurants and retailers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026
“Perhaps part of this situation is my own reluctance to ask families for more money,” he wrote in his email to city leaders.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
In an era of higher interest rates, banks have reaped big profits due to consumers’ reluctance to move money out of low-interest checking accounts that offer convenience and ready access to money.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026
The Republic of Ireland is not the only nation to have expressed reluctance to face Israel in international football.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
Part of it may be a simple reluctance to credit that the culture of liberty held so essential to the identity of the United States could have so many different forebears.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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