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North Korean sergeant Lim Kyu-nam (Lee Je-hoon) is the guy doing the escaping, and, after planning in his barrack at night, reluctantly has to take along a breakout sidekick Kim Dong-hyuk (Hong Xa-bin).
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Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 17 Jan. 2025
He could be reluctantly persuaded if there were Arab boots on the ground.
—Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 17 Jan. 2025
By the time the country reluctantly assented to some foreign assistance, the disaster had started to slip from the news.
—Kelsey Piper, Vox, 15 Jan. 2025
Torres and Knight reluctantly agree to serve as the decoy couple.
—Sara Netzley, EW.com, 4 Feb. 2025
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Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 17 Jan. 2025
He could be reluctantly persuaded if there were Arab boots on the ground.
—Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 17 Jan. 2025
By the time the country reluctantly assented to some foreign assistance, the disaster had started to slip from the news.
—Kelsey Piper, Vox, 15 Jan. 2025
Torres and Knight reluctantly agree to serve as the decoy couple.
—Sara Netzley, EW.com, 4 Feb. 2025
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“Reluctantly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reluctantly. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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