The word reluctant has appeared in 993 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year, including on Jan. 29 in “He Stole Dorothy’s Ruby Slippers. He Thought They Had Real Rubies” by Michael Levenson:
Mr. Martin had dealt in stolen jewels and had spent time in prison for burglary, his lawyer said. But he had been out of prison for 10 years at the time of the theft in 2005 and was living quietly in Grand Rapids, a small city 80 miles northwest of Duluth, when an “old mob associate” contacted him about “a job,” his lawyer wrote.
Mr. Martin was initially reluctant to get involved, Mr. DeKrey wrote. But “old Terry” beat out “new Terry,” and he gave in to the temptation for “one last score,” his lawyer said.
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