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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Right now, that faith is shaking as a wave of cruelty sweeps through our communities.
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With more shaking or churning, these grains grow and separate from the watery, naturally low-fat buttermilk.
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Instead of hedging before the push, engineers hedge after it.
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About as many calls were sold as bought, suggesting traders might be hedging bullish bets on the ETF via spreads that will cap the upside if the fund posts more gains like the 24% rally its on today.
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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 30 Jun. 2026.
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