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Recent Examples of reluctantly
Kim Il-hyeok’s wife, five months pregnant, reluctantly agreed to join.
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Mike Valerio, CNN Money, 19 Apr. 2026
Warner Bros Motion Pictures Co-Chair and CEO Pam Abdy was also reluctantly embracing of the fan videos.
—Glenn Garner, Deadline, 16 Apr. 2026
Set in present-day American suburbia, The ’Burbs follows a young couple who have reluctantly relocated to the husband’s childhood home.
—Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 13 Apr. 2026
According to the official synopsis, Savage Lake follows Nell Marin, a woman who reluctantly returns to her family’s run-down lakeside cabin with her teenage son, Oscar, after the death of her estranged father.
—Angelique Brenes, PEOPLE, 10 Apr. 2026
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Mike Valerio, CNN Money, 19 Apr. 2026
Warner Bros Motion Pictures Co-Chair and CEO Pam Abdy was also reluctantly embracing of the fan videos.
—Glenn Garner, Deadline, 16 Apr. 2026
Set in present-day American suburbia, The ’Burbs follows a young couple who have reluctantly relocated to the husband’s childhood home.
—Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 13 Apr. 2026
According to the official synopsis, Savage Lake follows Nell Marin, a woman who reluctantly returns to her family’s run-down lakeside cabin with her teenage son, Oscar, after the death of her estranged father.
—Angelique Brenes, PEOPLE, 10 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for reluctantly
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The many attending assistants around her eventually disperse — a little hesitantly because Sam is in the middle of preparing a new show — and the two withdraw to Sam’s cavernous studio.—
Jake Coyle,
Boston Herald,
24 Apr. 2026
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Only the bravest walked hesitantly toward the well.—
Mery Mogollón,
Los Angeles Times,
15 Feb. 2026
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The Ada County Highway District is a gubernatorial signature away from unwillingly adopting a countywide, partisan vote after the Legislature passed an 11th-hour bill to overhaul how the district’s board is elected.—
Mark Dee
April 4,
Idaho Statesman,
4 Apr. 2026
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My apologies also go to my ex-girlfriend, who unwillingly ended up in the media spotlight.—
Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
11 Feb. 2026
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“Reluctantly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reluctantly. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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