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This isn’t the first time Temu has been dinged for hawing products tainted with hazardous chemicals.
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Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 3 Sep. 2019
Many of the season’s 10 45-minute episodes are dedicated to Jackie hemming and hawing between them.
—Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Dec. 2023
No more lengthy hemming and hawing by the pitcher.
—Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 28 Mar. 2023
Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 3 Sep. 2019
Many of the season’s 10 45-minute episodes are dedicated to Jackie hemming and hawing between them.
—Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Dec. 2023
No more lengthy hemming and hawing by the pitcher.
—Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 28 Mar. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for haw
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They're already hemmed in by farmland or other development, so these iconic wetlands are getting squeezed and dying off in mass mortality events instead.Nina Turner, Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2024
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Those 20 percent on the other side, one suspects, will not change their minds, and we are hemmed in by them.Yiyun Li, Harper's Magazine, 23 Sep. 2024
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Jackman didn't hesitate to get in on the fun when Martha Stewart dissed Reynolds in a recent interview.Christian Holub, EW.com, 4 Nov. 2024
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When considering how challenging the role might be, Sakaguchi initially hesitated.Joan MacDonald, Forbes, 2 Nov. 2024
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But waiting for exactly the right time is tricky business with these fleeting spectacles.April Wallace, arkansasonline.com, 31 Oct. 2024
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Once there, Hilliard was out front waiting for them.Chris Kenning, USA TODAY, 30 Oct. 2024
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Their subterranean seaside stone bunker is awesome, as is the film’s score, which vacillates between free jazz, drone, and psych guitar.Katie Rife, Vulture, 21 June 2024
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With tension around the upcoming presidential election thick in the air, most of us are vacillating somewhere between slightly uneasy and borderline insane.Alyssa Shelasky, Vogue, 17 Oct. 2024
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“Haw.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/haw. Accessed 10 Nov. 2024.
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