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• Why was Ryan so averse to spending more time with the tribe?
  — Dalton Ross, EW.com, 17 Nov. 2022
• The $4 wine pours may be gone, but Olivecrona’s not averse to a good deal.
  — Amy Drew Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 29 Sep. 2022
• Lessons can come at any age, and the wiser among us aren't averse to learning.
  — Brenda Looper, arkansasonline.com, 18 Dec. 2024
• For those averse to heat, the Black Bean Duk Bokki ($14) is served just the same, only with an earthy-sweet black bean sauce.
  — Rachel Bernhard, Journal Sentinel, 23 Sep. 2024
• The United States has not been averse to changing boundaries by force.
  — Armstrong Williams, Baltimore Sun, 24 Mar. 2024
• Texas is even more averse to the arc, averaging 12.2 3s per game.
  — Nick Moyle, San Antonio Express-News, 14 Mar. 2023
• Voss has been averse to talking with reporters and couldn’t be reached for comment.
  — Jordan Michael Smith, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Feb. 2024
• But this is Janet Jackson, a rare celebrity who is averse to over sharing.
  — Gloria Alamrew, refinery29.com, 30 Jan. 2022
• For those averse to math, that's 32 minutes shorter (about 4 percent).
  — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 21 Mar. 2023
• President-elect Donald Trump is averse to any big changes.
  — Joel Mathis, theweek, 31 Dec. 2024
• Adam Mosseri, the head of Instagram, has been averse to the app’s teaming up with or promoting news accounts.
  — Mike Isaac, New York Times, 22 Feb. 2024
• Nadya Tolokonnikova has long been averse to the idea of national borders.
  — Anna Tingley, Variety, 18 Mar. 2022
• None of which is exactly the kind of content aimed at viewers averse to watching their homework.
  — Chris Lee, Vulture, 29 July 2024
• Why is music’s biggest night so averse to giving Black women their due?
  — Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 6 Feb. 2023
• Swift, though not averse to jeans and a tank on a summer day, for example, is usually one to look Dressed to Impress at all times.
  — Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 3 Oct. 2023
• Picky eaters are people who are hesitant to try new foods or are averse to certain smells, tastes, or textures.
  — Health Editorial Team, Health, 9 June 2024
• That’s not to suggest that the show, which recently ended its third season, is averse to over-the-top parody.
  — Elizabeth Nelson, New York Times, 30 Aug. 2023
• But to your point, Geoffrey, there are some lenders which were fairly averse to taking merchant risks.
  — Jason Kaminsky, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2023
• At first, Chad was averse to opening up about that part of the band’s history in the movie, but bandmate Ryan Peake convinced him otherwise.
  — Eric Andersson, Peoplemag, 30 Mar. 2024
• And then there was another one that had no flavor, just in case people were averse to that flavor profile.
  — Keith Nelson, Men's Health, 31 Mar. 2023
• If Harris is, Democrats might be averse to running an all-woman ticket on short notice.
  — Stephanie Murray, The Arizona Republic, 21 July 2024
• And more generally, why is Emily so averse to the prospect of just … meeting a hot person … and dating them … in a normal way?
  — Jessica Goldstein, Vulture, 23 Dec. 2021
• Though Queen Camilla tends to fashion looks with a similar shape, the queen consort is rarely averse to playing with patterns.
  — Julia Teti, WWD, 10 July 2024
• Cabiria is not averse to believing love can win out in spite of all she’s experienced either.
  — Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 19 Oct. 2024
• This makes regular lenders more averse to lending to early-stage startups, which, in turn, hampers the startup’s growth.
  — William Mullane, USA TODAY, 16 Jan. 2024
• Beck isn’t averse to helping dirty industries, like fossil fuels, clean up their act.
  — Alan Murray, Fortune, 29 Aug. 2023
• And aside from the artists who are avidly anti-TikTok, some aren’t averse to the platform but aren’t marketing experts either.
  — Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 10 July 2024
• That has created a culture averse to taking price risk and with a low tolerance for failure.
  — Devika Krishna Kumar, Fortune, 11 Feb. 2023
• Mary Anne’s brother, Isaac, apparently as averse to change as his father, succeeded him in the same job.
  — James Wood, The New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2023
• Singhal is far from alone among Floridians who are averse to Sullivan.
  — Matt Ford, The New Republic, 6 Apr. 2023

Last Updated: 22 Feb 2025