as in waffling
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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Nothing kills momentum faster than waffling on a big decision.
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Patricia Serio is waffling between Saint Xavier and Judson University to finish her degree.
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This tournament has built credibility by showcasing teams competing at a high level, then shaking hands afterward.
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An earth-shaking roar The World Cup finally arrived in Kansas City after several years of preparation and anticipation.
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Examples included media companies hedging risks tied to viewership, advertisers weighing how lucrative a sponsorship might be, or insurance companies impacted by ticket revenue.
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Instead of hedging before the push, engineers hedge after it.
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This was after much pressing and equivocating, number one.
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But the judge’s equivocating ruling in that piracy case created a loophole, according to Anthropic’s lawyers.
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Some of them wear face paint, camouflage uniforms, and ghillie suits — ducking in and out of foxholes cut into the ground.
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Guests can walk along the nearby Rim Village Promenade before ducking into its lobby to enjoy the cozy fireplace, Mission furniture, and tree trunk columns.
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Earle is there to be supportive, and to slay a dragon in her best copyright-dodging Red Sonja fit.
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Fun dads, at their best, are not dodging serious parenting.
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Fragments of story are fed to us, but there’s no forward thrust, just a lot of pussyfooting around.
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Alright Genesis, the time for pussyfooting is over.
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For some of these inquiries, the read-in-between-the-lines accusation was that Neon is fudging the numbers.
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No more tiny little pencils – or fudging those tallies.
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“Weaseling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/weaseling. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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