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Adverb
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His crossing has often been a source of frustration, sometimes ballooning the ball too often, taking too long to put it into the area or cutting back on himself hesitantly.—
Matt Woosnam,
New York Times,
30 Sep. 2025 -
The clip shows the massive American bully hesitantly backing away from a tiny, energetic puppy.—
Maria Morava,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 Sep. 2025
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That test soon divides matter, even for a far from sensitive ear, into what reads well & what reads tamely, haltingly, jerkily, lopsidedly, top-heavily, or otherwise badly.—
Ben Yagoda,
New Yorker,
22 Sep. 2025
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As the world lost its CO2 blanket over this age of mammals, though, and the world chilled, grasslands, having invented a new form of photosynthesis adapted to this drier, lower-CO2 world, haltingly but inexorably took over much of the Earth.—
Peter Brannen,
Big Think,
28 Aug. 2025
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Construction is tentatively set to begin after the 2026 Kentucky Derby, held next year on May 2, with a target completion in time for the Run for the Roses in 2028.—
Matthew Glowicki,
Louisville Courier Journal,
22 Oct. 2025
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The two gorillas were tentatively named Samson and Sambo, and a contest was held to suggest new names for the pair.—
Elaine Rewolinski,
jsonline.com,
22 Oct. 2025
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