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Adverb
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The Tilly announcement struck many in the AI content community as deliberately provocative.—
Gene Maddaus,
Variety,
8 Oct. 2025 -
Some Democrats who know Jeffries well dismiss the idea that Trump is deliberately cold-shouldering Jeffries.—
Shelby Talcott,
semafor.com,
8 Oct. 2025
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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
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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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The site for the game in Honolulu is tentatively at New Aloha Stadium, which is scheduled to open in 2028.—
Kirk Kenney,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
9 Oct. 2025
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While the Roddy situation has given Slough House its own angle on the Abbotsfield massacre, the Park is conducting its official investigation, with Emma Flyte tentatively taking the lead.—
Scott Tobias,
Vulture,
1 Oct. 2025
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“Circumspectly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/circumspectly. Accessed 14 Oct. 2025.
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