HAWED Synonyms: 43 Similar and Opposite Words

hawed

verb

past tense of haw

as in hemmed

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Smith hesitated, Davis said, and Anderson grabbed the weapon and opened fire.

— Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 1 Sep. 2026
Some in Europe hesitated when the United States launched its war on Iran without consulting them.

— ABC News, ABC News, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of hesitated

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Ellison and his executives have vacillated from anger to acceptance.

— Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug. 2026
Since then, his game behind the plate has vacillated between good and bad — an inconsistency aggravated by the presence of Luis Torrens (and his defensive excellence) as his backup.

— Tim Britton, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of vacillated

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So, Congress came up with a solution, but the two leagues dithered over the particulars just long enough that the Protect College Sports Act never really had a chance.

— Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 6 Sep. 2026
But phase two of the program kept getting delayed, in part because Congress dithered on funding.

— Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 10 July 2026

Definition of dithered

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The court also said any problems caused by the timing of the ruling is the fault of the secretary of state, who waited eight months before making a decision on the ballot initiative.

— Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2026
Americans for Citizen Voting argued in its application to Kavanaugh that the state had waited more than five months to reject the signatures and then did so on questions about those from a sample of 1,000 out of more than 700,000 submitted.

— Todd Spangler, Freep.com, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of waited

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After realizing a swarm of AI agents broke out of testing and hacked rival companies, OpenAI paused AI training for new models and promised to strengthen its cyber defenses.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2026
Evanilson sprinted, then paused to give his team-mates time to catch up, before playing a cross that won his side a corner.

— Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026

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