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grudgingly

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Recent Examples of grudgingly The department, after criticism from the judge for sloppy legal work, grudgingly withdrew the subpoenas last month. — Arkansas Online, 9 Aug. 2026 The president has even admitted, however grudgingly, that only Congress can create new election standards. — James Robenalt, Vanity Fair, 27 July 2026 The idea is to build a party that manages to unite (and to do so more than grudgingly) across its various wings, much as the opposition in Hungary did to defeat Viktor Orbán and now, hopefully, to stamp out Orbánism. — Bill McKibben, New Yorker, 16 July 2026 For the past 250 years, the country has, sometimes grudgingly, overcome those obstacles. — Chicago Tribune, 9 July 2026 Brands spend enormous sums trying to capture attention, yet sport is one of the few places where it is genuinely given rather than grudgingly captured. — Sam Birchall, Fortune, 24 June 2026 Producers and consumers adapted — some voluntarily, others under duress, some defensively and grudgingly, some creatively and aggressively. — George Calhoun, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026 That was how Dad wanted to keep it, and we kids came to agree, if grudgingly. — John Archibald, Southern Living, 11 June 2026 Ethan grudgingly reverses the spell. — ArsTechnica, 7 June 2026

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Over the course of the past few years, Eugene Levy has slowly, and somewhat begrudgingly, turned into a yes-man.

— Matthew Jacobs, HollywoodReporter, 17 Aug. 2026
Hal, a veteran of the Green Lantern Corps, begrudgingly mentors his new replacement while unraveling an alien mystery in rural Nebraska.

— Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of begrudgingly

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His previous spell on the Bernabeu bench was filled with arguments and feuds, with the Portuguese angrily taking on referees, journalists, opposition coaches and even his own players.

— Dermot Corrigan, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2026
Throughout the special, Scovel repeatedly invites his viewers to see his act in one way, twists the material back on itself, and then mock-angrily confronts the crowd for their inappropriate reaction.

— Kathryn VanArendonk, Vulture, 11 Aug. 2026

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