Thesaurus results for WEASELED

weaseled

verb

past tense of weasel

as in shook

to avoid giving a definite answer or position the polite guest chose to weasel rather than admit that he didn't like the meal

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Messick laughed, shook his head and pleaded for the nickname to meet a quick demise.

— Zack Meisel, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2026
Neighbors said the blast shook homes as far as two blocks away.

— Bryant Reed, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of shook

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That makes this corner of the auto industry relatively well-hedged compared to traditional automakers.

— Alex Harring, CNBC, 19 Aug. 2026
So aldermanic opponents of the mayor reacted strongly when Steven Mahr, then Johnson’s acting CFO, hedged last month on whether the city would make good.

— The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of hedged

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Germany, which represents the EU’s biggest economy and export market, has waffled over hitting China with sanctions or duties, worried about retaliatory measures.

— Kate Nishimura, Footwear News, 18 June 2026
But as Topuria protested and the doctor waffled, Goddard and the UFC ruled the bout would continue.

— Mark Puleo, New York Times, 15 June 2026

Definition of waffled

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Throughout the morning, a steady influx of voters walking into the library dodged eager campaign staffers handing out political flyers in the parking lot, hoping to win last minute votes for their candidates.

— Lauren Costantino, Miami Herald, 15 Aug. 2026
The measure is intended to get ahead of Chinese manufacturers, who have dodged previous US trade barriers by shifting production between a litany of third countries.

— Tim McDonnell, semafor.com, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of dodged

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In the foreseeable future, a terrorist group with minimal skills could access a jailbroken AI model (one that has evaded safety controls) trained on the world’s most comprehensive biological data set.

— Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026
Police said Jackson was driving recklessly and evaded a Muscatine County Sheriff's Office deputy who attempted to stop his vehicle Friday evening in Muscatine.

— Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of evaded

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Orange Lutheran reexamined the paperwork, found it had been fudged, self-reported its findings to the CIF-SS office and now is 2-6 overall going into Friday’s game against Santa Margarita.

— Steve Fryer, Oc Register, 23 Oct. 2025
Local police department statistics show violent crime in Washington has declined in recent years, but Trump has countered, without offering evidence, that the numbers were fudged.

— Darlene Superville, Chicago Tribune, 27 Aug. 2025

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