Using "reluctantly" in a sentence

Lego DC Super-Villains didn't just focus on the rogues gallery of that comic book universe, it gave you a chance to create your own custom criminal and reluctantly save the day from villains who were worse than the combined might of the Joker, Lex Luthor and Harley Quinn.
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When she’s not out reviewing a concert or interviewing some random famous person, she’s catching up on episodes of "The Walking Dead," out somewhere sampling craft beer, enjoying Taco Tuesday or semi-reluctantly watching "The Bachelor" or "The Bachelorette" with her girlfriends.
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When she comes out of her room, she is beckoned by her father – Amir (Usman Ally), to keep her phone at home just like them, which she reluctantly follows.
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DiCaprio reluctantly submitted, to his credit.
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Unforgiven (Clint Eastwood, 1992)A ruthless killer turned pig farmer reluctantly takes one last job, and carnage ensues.
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He announced reluctantly in 1996 that he was gay, after learning a national publication planned to out him for his vote against federal recognition of same-sex marriage.
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They packed them into a wooden crate, and sent their mother off on her Solex bicycle on the three kilometre trip to the local station with the crate behind her – a little reluctantly he says, and the railway personnel were not too keen either on this cargo of angry snakes.
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And Val reluctantly didn't feel he could come out.
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The eleven-time World surfing champion opened up on signing reluctantly for the show.
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1 to Zahid Mahmood, pinned on the pad, up goes the finger! Zahid takes a while to decide to review, despite the fact there are three left, and reluctantly concludes he should.
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Ronal (Kate Winslet) and Tonowari (Cliff Curtis) reluctantly offer protection to the hunted Sully family in “Avatar: The Way of Water.
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MITZI'S CHOICEThe pivotal event of “The Fabelmans” comes when Mitzi reluctantly leaves her husband (played by Paul Dano) for his best friend (Seth Rogen).
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He reluctantly sets forth on the mission, never quite sure just what he’s there for but driven by a sense of foreboding destiny.
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[After much deliberation, I have reluctantly decided that there must be two albums tied for first.
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None other than fucking Beck, the goofball and icon who reluctantly gave us the self-deprecating anthem that would define the ’90s.
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When she’s not out reviewing a concert or interviewing some random famous person, she’s catching up on episodes of "The Walking Dead," out somewhere sampling craft beer, enjoying Taco Tuesday or semi-reluctantly watching "The Bachelor" or "The Bachelorette" with her girlfriends.
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Lawrence is understatedly brilliant—anxious, reluctantly Pharma-pill-popping, best-foot-forward-but-deeply-conflicted, and admirably unaffected.
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Somewhat reluctantly – times were hard, their troubles seemed to be multiplying – they dismissed her once more.
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Putting a label on it: Lucy and Stephen aren’t quite at the “I love you” stage—which makes it awkward when Lucy accidentally blurts it out during sex—but Stephen reluctantly agrees to go to Spring Fling with her, where Lucy deliberately makes out with him in full view of Diana.
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“We had to approach an insurance company and convince them to create a policy for drones, which they reluctantly did,” Dennis said.
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It’s about a big city guy reluctantly returning to his hometown and finding love! It’s also got a sunshine/grumpy dynamic, which is always fun.
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Tyler Perry reluctantly opened up today about Will Smith’s Oscar slap of Chris Rock, saying that he “left early to get to Chris to make sure he was okay” but felt empathy for Smith too.
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Gudetama: An Eggcellent Adventure (13/12/2022) Gudetama, the lazy egg, reluctantly embarks on an adventure of a lifetime with Shakipiyo, a newly hatched chick, who is determined to find their mother.
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) Cameron offers a toast “to friendship” to Ethan and Harper, and they all reluctantly clink glasses on it.
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In the beginning of the season, the American pair were unknowingly –– and reluctantly –– thrown into the midst of an enigmatic puzzle when they crossed the pond for the funeral of their estranged father.
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When she’s not out reviewing a concert or interviewing some random famous person, she’s catching up on episodes of "The Walking Dead," out somewhere sampling craft beer, enjoying Taco Tuesday or semi-reluctantly watching "The Bachelor" or "The Bachelorette" with her girlfriends.
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Christopher Payne for The New York TimesMost of us have a relationship with cardboard that ranges, depending on the day and our Amazon Prime membership status, from reluctantly reliant to fully subservient.
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Many of us forgive, or try to overlook, even serious missteps by people we know, love or are invested in, while railing loudly against public misconduct reminiscent of stuff we’ve tolerated — quietly, reluctantly — in our homes, at work or in the mirror.
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Aware of the prejudice and the racist culture still present in Mississippi, Mamie has no desire to ever go back, but reluctantly allows Emmett to visit his cousins in the summer of 1955.
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That’s when he returned to his New Miami roots and met with the school superintendent, the same gentleman who reluctantly allowed him to drop out 10 years earlier.
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As she reluctantly hands him his hat, she coaxes him to linger as lights are dimmed for “Over the Bannister”, a duet that starts their courtship.
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 Out of options, they reluctantly turn to a local gangster, who offers them one shot at turning their situations around — by pulling off a dangerous heist in the heart of the city.
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Later, Powers’ family fell on hard times, and she reluctantly offered to sell the quilt to Smith for $10.
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’”Leo reluctantly agreed.
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He felt he could not do this at Headingley, and we agreed to his request reluctantly but knowing that it was the right decision for him personally.
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  What is glycated hemoglobin? To answer this question, I must reluctantly call upon our old friends, Steve and Irving, who reluctantly answered the bell.
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But he reluctantly agreed to let managers test a nonfat option in several stores and found that customers were delighted.
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Once she had finished her “VIP drink,” Ruth says Carter took her to a bathroom and demanded that she perform oral sex on him: “Alone and under duress, Plaintiff reluctantly complied with his demand.
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De Armas plays another operative who reluctantly helps Six in a few key spots.
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A Tiny Home Christmas UPtv, 7pm Original Film! In order to save her family’s contracting business, Blair (Rebecca Dalton) reluctantly teams up with her ex-boyfriend and former costar of a hit home design reality show (Christopher Seivright) to build a tiny home for the unsheltered in the community, rekindling old sparks in the process … and just in time for Christmas.
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With the vast majority of the military already vaccinated, Democrats said they reluctantly agreed to the move in a compromise with Republicans.
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Eliza, a 40-something mother, reluctantly joins the staff of the video store where she worked in high school.
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Frozen, she reluctantly headed for home.
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Besides being creepy and kooky, mysterious and spooky, pigtailed Addams Family member Wednesday is loyal, pessimistic, reluctantly kind, conniving, sarcastic, and, of course, full of woe.
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It reluctantly accepted the notion of remedies for past discrimination, but only if they were very narrowly construed.
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And yes, he admits -- also somewhat reluctantly -- he does have a collection of nearly 100 Beanie Babies.
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Other versions of Peter Parker were played by Jake Johnson, who reluctantly mentors Miles; Peni Parker/SP/dr (Kimiko Glenn) from an anime-inspired parallel universe; Nicholas Cage channeling his best 1930s noir Humphrey Bogart impression; and my personal favorite, Peter Porker, aka Spider-Ham (John Mulaney).
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Yet with fatherhood came responsibility: he reluctantly sold his two vintage BSA Gold Star motorcycles, and limits his daredevil inclinations to a less dangerous pursuit: Frisbee.
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In a new Uproxx interview, Johnson reluctantly admits that Blanc’s accent is “based mostly on Shelby Foote,” adding, “I can assume he’s from Mississippi.
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  The official synopsis offers casting details and hints at the larger story created for the movie:   Lilith (Cate Blanchett), an infamous outlaw with a mysterious past, reluctantly returns to her home planet of Pandora to find the missing daughter of the universe’s most powerful S.
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Maya reluctantly writes the letter, which prompts her father to come pay her a visit for the first time since he left.
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Obviously, this is a morally questionable thing to happen in a Christmas movie, but I can reluctantly admit that it’s also pretty ridiculous and therefore works for this list’s purposes.
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As set up in the opening sequence, they reluctantly decide to make one-hour stops with each of their families, including to prison to see Stanley, before coming back to have their holiday meal.
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In 1990, Gaiman partnered with famed writer Terry Pratchett for Good Omens, about an angel and demon who reluctantly team up to stop the apocalypse.
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Which is why I’m shocked when Liv reluctantly agrees to let Noah have a sleepover with his newfound sibling while she spends the night at the lodging she’d booked for them.
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But Biden and bipartisan congressional leaders – reluctantly – said it was imperative the potentially crippling rail strike be prevented.
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He announced reluctantly in 1996 that he was gay, after learning a national publication planned to out him for his vote against federal recognition of same-sex marriage.
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Gordon reluctantly continued to work.
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Despite the “audacity”, Maddy said she reluctantly paid him.
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A few days ago and long after even some major media reluctantly “verified” the laptop and its contents, even CBS acknowledged its existence.
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And Val reluctantly didn’t feel he could come out.
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Credit: TLC/YouTube Kody and Christine Are Over Each Other While Christine was back in town to load up her final things, Kody reluctantly stopped by and helped her pack up the trailer.
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He announced reluctantly in 1996 that he was gay, after learning a national publication planned to out him for his vote against federal recognition of same-sex marriage.
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An inspired twist on the well-worn vampire narrative, Cronos sees ageing antiquarian Jesus (Federico Luppi) reluctantly turning undead when he succumbs to the temptation of an infernal youth-restoring device; simultaneously, terminally ill industrialist De la Guardia (Claudio Brook) lusts after the device, exploiting his oafish nephew Angel (Ron Perlman) to pursue it.
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She began Season 2 of Industry, HBO's quiet gem of a finance drama, reluctantly re-entering the office post-COVID and ended it getting kicked out entirely by her boss/mentor/f---ed up father figure, Eric (Ken Leung).
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The song “Bye, Bye Baby” from Gentlemen Prefer Blondes becomes a reference to the abortion she reluctantly has in order to do the picture (and also because she fears her mother’s madness might be genetic).
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But Biden and bipartisan congressional leaders – reluctantly – said it was imperative the potentially crippling rail strike be prevented.
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After a bitter fight with Dutch regulators over dating apps, Apple reluctantly let some developers direct users to alternate payment processors.
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Then the shit hits the fan with the arrival of the Lizard Lord and she’s reluctantly thrown back in to having to deal with the Dark Judges again.
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She dropped the shocking news during a family dinner that Sumit's father reluctantly joined (along with Jenny's daughter) while his mother refused to attend.
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Lon Chaney Jr's Lawrence Talbot, the Wolf Man, gets a decent sequel, as he returns from the dead to reluctantly transform and kill again.
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When Australian cattle barons plot to take her land, she reluctantly joins forces with a rough-hewn (is there any other kind?) cattle drover (Jackman) to protect her ranch.
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A few days ago and long after even some major media reluctantly “verified” the laptop and its contents, even CBS acknowledged its existence.
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"A WRPA statement said: "Players are now reluctantly seeking security elsewhere by exploring opportunities outside of Wales and as a result, this week, it was suggested that the first high-profile player has decided to move to France.
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DiCaprio reluctantly submitted, to his credit.
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Most of the team went for the first one but as we had heavily exerted ourselves on two consecutive days, I reluctantly agreed for our team to take a rest day and go for the second.
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A few days ago and long after even some major media reluctantly “verified” the laptop and its contents, even CBS acknowledged its existence.
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Google has been a vocal opponent of link revenue shares in the past, and only reluctantly agreed to them in countries like France.
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It’s possible to make a “10 best 2022 documentaries” list just from those movies: Jennifer Lopez: Halftime (about the stress of putting together a Super Bowl show), Louis Armstrong’s Black & Blues (which tells a jazz hero’s story via his private archives), Lucy and Desi (a look back at one of TV’s most volatile couples), Nothing Compares (tracking the rise and fall of Sinéad O’Connor), The Return of Tanya Tucker (about a country-music legend reluctantly getting back to basics), Selena Gomez: My Mind & Me (a harrowing glimpse at a superstar’s performance anxieties), Spring Awakening: Those You’ve Known (in which the now-famous stars of a Broadway smash reflect on their youth), Stutz (in which Jonah Hill celebrates both his therapist and his own therapy), Sr.
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You split up with whoever introduced you to the band in the first place, became mired in crippling payday loans, survived several debilitating STIs, decided that socialism is “unelectable”, turned into a minor-level Twitter troll and – having lost your grip on the zeitgeist in the gushing torrent of music streaming – reluctantly got into Olivia Rodrigo because she’s all your kids listen to.
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Oftentimes he would tag along reluctantly when the most avid birders in his family, his mom and aunt Judy Hayman, planned birdwatching expeditions.
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It all comes down to Walter Garber (Denzel Washington), an MTA traffic operator reluctantly drawn into the crisis, who must negotiate with the wildly unpredictable Ryder for the hostages’ safe return.
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For example, could you consider a hacker who’s cornered and reluctantly returns only 10% of the funds a white hat hacker?”Lee believes that these fat paychecks can serve as a significant impetus for white hats to carry out more such ploys.
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Bryne informs Egwene, a bit reluctantly, that the merchants have brought a rumor that Rand has gone to Tar Valon to swear fealty to Elaida.
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He announced reluctantly in 1996 that he was gay, after learning a national publication planned to out him for his vote against federal recognition of same-sex marriage.
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You play as Zidane, a plucky thief, who reluctantly teams up with the sheltered Princess Garnet, a dour knight named Steiner, and a wide-eyed young magician named Vivi.
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If you loved The Nutcracker, you might also enjoy: Babes in Toyland (1961)THE NUTCRACKER, Macaulay Culkin, 1993<i>Happiest Season</i> (2020)Christmas-averse Abby (Kristen Stewart) reluctantly agrees to spend the holiday with her girlfriend Harper's (Mackenzie Davis) family in their idyllic, straight-out-of-a-Hallmark movie town.
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  Where the show stumbles sometimes are in the book scenes, which are structured around a gruff, present-day Diamond (played by Mark Jacoby) reluctantly examining his songbook in a series of therapy sessions.
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Eliza, a 40-something mother, reluctantly joins the staff of the video store where she worked in high school.
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| Isaac Brekken/Getty Images for Clear Channel Aside from the MTV awards performance, Spears reluctantly went on Ryan Seacrest’s KIIS FM to discuss her career.
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I'm Jude Terror, resident comic book "journalist" tasked with writing up these previews, and I'm reluctantly joined by Bleeding Cool's AI writing assistant, LOLtron, the latest in Bleeding Cool's clickbait technology.
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A few days ago and long after even some major media reluctantly “verified” the laptop and its contents, even CBS acknowledged its existence.
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When the don’s youngest son, Michael (Al Pacino), reluctantly joins the Mafia, he becomes involved in the inevitable cycle of violence and betrayal.
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That law says no one under age 14 may operate a golf cart on public roads, and it is because of this condition that commissioners reluctantly went along with a younger age limit, even though many preferred the age be 16.
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And with that, I must reluctantly introduce Bleeding Cool's AI writing assistant, LOLtron.
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Prince Charming (James Ifan), meanwhile, tells of how he was reluctantly turned from a frog into a prince and dreams of going back to his old bog days.
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Frozen, she reluctantly headed home.
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But there is not enough time spent with Shiva before he discovers his destiny, and with origin stories like this, we need to understand where this person was in life before they reluctantly become the hero we root for.
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Having alluded to the question of her adoption when Tena brought it up, we find her at the adoption center next, reluctantly wishing to be there and not be there at the same time.
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Jefferson Siegel for The New York TimesA New York judge on Friday sharply criticized the Manhattan district attorney for declining to move forward with the murder trial of a woman who was arrested in 2020 after her estranged husband died of a stab wound, while reluctantly dismissing the case.
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