as in weaseled
to avoid giving a definite answer or position
shamelessly tergiversating, the witness replied, "Well, it depends upon what your definition of 'truth' is"
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Multiple explosions shook central Kyiv and reverberated across the capital throughout the night as thousands of residents rushed to bomb shelters and underground metro stations.
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“Tergiversated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tergiversated. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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