hesitation

They have acquired rivals, cut off competitors’ access to infrastructure, signed exclusive distribution agreements, and continued the platform-era monopolization playbook with little hesitation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026

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

Without hesitation they’ll bring up August 2006, when they were both 16 and played on opposing teams in the Aflac All-American Classic, held that year in San Diego.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026

I recovered my step, hoping he hadn’t noticed the hesitation.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu

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

So with him, she spoke in moods and gestures, looks and silences, and sometimes a combination of English punctuated by hesitations and Chinese frustration: “Shwo buchulai”— Words cannot come out.

From "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan