hesitation
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I understand your hesitation: Buying a wedding ring online, without trying it on or seeing it in person, feels like a scam waiting to happen.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 22, 2026
"Do not be ambiguous about this," she said on X, explaining that condemnation must be "unanimous" because "any hesitation becomes justification".
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026
In today’s C-suites, Lady Macbeth is someone in authority who frames hesitation as a character flaw.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026
"Go!" shouted Ivan Deforge, and without hesitation his 300-kilo hairy sidekicks Karym and Ural leapt through a ring of fire under the dome of the Great Moscow Circus.
From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026
After a moment’s hesitation the other man grasped my other hand, and they pulled me into the boat.
From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo
Chesney wants his squad to play without any limitations or hesitations.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 2, 2026
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
Hannah remembered the peculiar breathy hesitations Rachel had made when she spoke.
From "The Devil's Arithmetic" by Jane Yolen
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