as in weasels
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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Bear swims to the exit, and shakes off his wet fur.—
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Uranus’ retrograde in your zone of foundations and roots shakes you to your core!—
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“Tergiversates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tergiversates. Accessed 12 Sep. 2025.
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