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pussyfooted

verb

past tense of pussyfoot

as in weaseled

to avoid giving a definite answer or position politicians who try to pussyfoot around hot-button issues

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as in lurked

to move about in a sly or secret manner pussyfooting through the hallways in the middle of the night

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Howard shook off a shooting slump to pour in a game-high 23 points on 5-of-9 shooting from three.

— Christopher Harris, CBS News, 6 Aug. 2026
In Damascus, over the course of a single week in July, two bombings shook the city.

— Lina Sergie Attar, Time, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of shook

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The city of Atlanta has jurisdiction over Hartsfield-Jackson, but the threat of a state takeover of the world’s busiest airport has lurked in the background of Georgia politics for years.

— Tia Mitchell, AJC.com, 5 Aug. 2026
But concerns lurked beneath the surface of an otherwise positive report.

— Jeff Cox, CNBC, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of lurked

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Federal officials are investigating a security breach over the weekend at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport after a man snuck into a JetBlue aircraft during maintenance, according to the Broward County Aviation Department.

— Sofia Saric, Miami Herald, 6 Aug. 2026
Most recently, Hadid seemingly snuck a photo of Cooper in a July Instagram carousel.

— Marina Watts, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of sneaked

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All of the missiles slipped past Ukrainian defenses, killing least 17 people and wounding dozens more.

— Nathan Hodge, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2026
Just over a year after its acquisition, Hailey Bieber's brand contributed $160 million in quarterly sales of a total $479 million—as sales of elf's namesake brand slipped.

— Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 7 Aug. 2026

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