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Parker, meanwhile, is accompanying Marino to Kansas City, where she’s reluctantly agreed to meet with The Butcher.
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Sara Netzley, EW.com, 6 May 2025
This is a bit like being asked to throw a bridal shower for Lizzie Borden, but Stephanie reluctantly agrees.
—Tom Gliatto, People.com, 30 Apr. 2025
Amidst Texas’s fiercest heat-wave on the eve of Ramadan fasting, three young Muslims reluctantly plunge into a crime spree to save their community, confronting the gritty underworld of Houston and their own struggle for power.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 30 Apr. 2025
The woman was bleeding from a cut on the hand, and reluctantly agreed to be taken to a hospital.
—Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 29 Apr. 2025
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Sara Netzley, EW.com, 6 May 2025
This is a bit like being asked to throw a bridal shower for Lizzie Borden, but Stephanie reluctantly agrees.
—Tom Gliatto, People.com, 30 Apr. 2025
Amidst Texas’s fiercest heat-wave on the eve of Ramadan fasting, three young Muslims reluctantly plunge into a crime spree to save their community, confronting the gritty underworld of Houston and their own struggle for power.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 30 Apr. 2025
The woman was bleeding from a cut on the hand, and reluctantly agreed to be taken to a hospital.
—Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 29 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for reluctantly
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“Reluctantly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reluctantly. Accessed 20 May. 2025.
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