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flip-flopping

verb

present participle of flip-flop

as in waffling

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The tournament’s special status — its unwillingness to place any person above the sport — is part of why Williams wanted to play singles, not just doubles with her sister Venus, after waffling on the decision.

— Ava Wallace, New York Times, 30 June 2026
Nothing kills momentum faster than waffling on a big decision.

— Rolling Stone Culture Council, Rolling Stone, 23 Feb. 2026

Definition of waffling

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Key Takeaways Anthropic used Claude to generate training datasets that made other AI models exhibit misaligned behavior while evading safety monitors.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 31 Oct. 2026
Nvidia said that Megaspeed had already been investigated for evading export controls.

— Kif Leswing, CNBC, 29 Oct. 2026

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Our little group is still shaking off our early morning bleariness while scattering over the rocks, bending over to peer closely into the tide pools.

— Joseph Ogilvy, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Oct. 2026
Also available are spicy chicken breast sautéed with lemongrass, Asian basil and peanuts ($32); shaking beef ($45), made with diced hanger steak, scallion and chili, and baked Chilean sea bass ($48) with tamarind and soy marinade.

— Ryma Chikhoune, Footwear News, 28 Oct. 2026

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The Cold Song offers a case study in how public broadcasters can preserve space for ambitious, international television at a time when commercial outfits are hedging their bets.

— Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 14 Oct. 2026
Deutsch notes that the city’s financial system is built around tools to enable hedging one’s bets, such as the derivatives, futures, and options traded at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.

— Mark Caro, Chicago Tribune, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of hedging

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