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equivocated

verb

past tense of equivocate

as in weaseled

to avoid giving a definite answer or position the candidate equivocated as long as he could on controversial issues

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Recent Examples of equivocated The White House has reportedly equivocated its support of Means in recent weeks. — Dan Vergano, Scientific American, 16 Apr. 2026 Brooks, for his part, equivocated … A bout of frantic rebranding ensued. — Literary Hub, 2 Apr. 2026 Brooks, for his part, equivocated. — Becca Rothfeld, New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2026 Mace equivocated, saying Collins would need to reread the quotes to her, which the journalist did. — Sarah Fortinsky, The Hill, 10 Dec. 2025

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In other Asian Games events like hockey, players from both countries did embrace each other and shook hands with each other after India beat Pakistan in the semifinal.

— ABC News, ABC News, 3 Oct. 2026
Bottle tops popped, can tabs cracked, and cocktail shakers shook all day Thursday at the Aftershock music festival at Sacramento’s Discovery Park.

— Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 3 Oct. 2026

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Northeast faces a wet, windy weekend Forecast models have waffled back and forth for days but have been consistent on putting New England and Long Island, New York, in the bull’s-eye of the storm’s most significant rain and wind this weekend.

— Mary Gilbert, CNN Money, 24 Sep. 2026
Germany, which represents the EU’s biggest economy and export market, has waffled over hitting China with sanctions or duties, worried about retaliatory measures.

— Kate Nishimura, Footwear News, 18 June 2026

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