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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Tomlyn asked, to which Chloe shook her head no.—
Matthew Adams,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
5 Feb. 2026 -
And after Britain scored four stones to take the score to 10-5 in end seven, Estonia’s Marie Kaldvee and Lill Harri also called an end to their match and shook hands.—
Jared Perlo,
NBC news,
5 Feb. 2026
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During the demonstration, the Dexory bot ducked under a low pipe near the ceiling and stopped before rolling around a person standing in its path.—
Liam Rappleye,
USA Today,
31 Jan. 2026
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Rule breakers Two spectators ducked the rope line late in the day along the 18th fairway and raced to the other side.—
Kirk Kenney,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
31 Jan. 2026
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Some, like Baker, hedged their bets a little after being asked by The Bee if Sacramento was Giants or A’s country.—
Graham Womack,
Sacbee.com,
31 Jan. 2026
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Even so, the Moonies—and the Moon family businesses—have long hedged their bets.—
E. Tammy Kim,
New Yorker,
26 Jan. 2026
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Dietary recommendations have waffled over time.—
Tania Fabo,
USA Today,
22 Jan. 2026
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Paterno waffled before deciding to stay in State College.—
Mike Sando,
New York Times,
19 Jan. 2026
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Ocasio-Cortez dodged a question on a potential 2028 presidential run while also at the conference.—
Sydney Topf,
The Washington Examiner,
13 Feb. 2026
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Vedder dodged the question of whether the band has already found a new drummer, in a manner that may raise fans’ eyebrows.—
Brian Hiatt,
Rolling Stone,
11 Feb. 2026
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Surprisingly, among the more than 1,000 recipes published in the past 25 years of columns and cookbooks, a true, crisp and delicious almond cookie recipe had evaded me until now.—
Philip Potempa,
Chicago Tribune,
6 Feb. 2026
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After the fall of Tripoli, Saif al-Islam Gadhafi evaded capture for several months before being detained in November 2011 by a militia in the western Libyan city of Zintan.—
Nic Robertson,
CNN Money,
4 Feb. 2026
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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
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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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“Weaseled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/weaseled. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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