hesitation
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What we did not anticipate was the hesitation we received from some parents.
From Slate ● Sep. 11, 2026
There is another concern behind my hesitation: My brother previously had corporate jobs earning six figures but left that career and now works at a job he enjoys that pays less than $50,000 a year.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026
Over the last five years, she said, more families have expressed hesitation around vaccination.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
Asked about European anxiety over dependence on US technology under President Donald Trump, Karp said the moment for hesitation had passed.
From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026
Dodger understood, and without another moment’s hesitation he turned and plunged off the trail into the burning woods.
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
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
The lack of weapons has been made worse by hesitations over what the West is willing to supply.
From BBC ● May 26, 2024
“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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