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Chris Pratt's ex-soldier/smuggler, Keats, looking very much like a shaggy Cowardly Lion with his blonde mop of hair and bushy mustache, regains his honor by reluctantly joining the mission to accompany Michelle and Cosmo with his sidekick utility 'bot.
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Jeff Spry, Space.com, 21 Mar. 2025
Exhausted, defeated, and out of options, Alex reluctantly agrees to travel with the kind Brits, who've invited her to join them on the next leg of their trip.
—Matt Cabral, EW.com, 23 Mar. 2025
John reluctantly agrees, but things don’t go quite as planned.
—Erik Kain, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
The film runs a lean 80 minutes, dipping into Get Out and Rosemary’s Baby territory as Yvonne begins to doubt — and then reluctantly embrace — the eeriness of her roommates’ rustic nonchalance.
—Matthew Jacobs, Vulture, 18 Mar. 2025
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Jeff Spry, Space.com, 21 Mar. 2025
Exhausted, defeated, and out of options, Alex reluctantly agrees to travel with the kind Brits, who've invited her to join them on the next leg of their trip.
—Matt Cabral, EW.com, 23 Mar. 2025
John reluctantly agrees, but things don’t go quite as planned.
—Erik Kain, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
The film runs a lean 80 minutes, dipping into Get Out and Rosemary’s Baby territory as Yvonne begins to doubt — and then reluctantly embrace — the eeriness of her roommates’ rustic nonchalance.
—Matthew Jacobs, Vulture, 18 Mar. 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 16 Apr. 2025.
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