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yo-yoed

verb

past tense of yo-yo

as in waffled

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Northeast faces a wet, windy weekend Forecast models have waffled back and forth for days but have been consistent on putting New England and Long Island, New York, in the bull’s-eye of the storm’s most significant rain and wind this weekend.

— Mary Gilbert, CNN Money, 24 Sep. 2026
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

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Can Villeneuve, after four nominations for directing, writing, and producing, get the best-director Oscar that has always eluded him?

— Radhika Seth, Vogue, 23 Oct. 2026
The stepfather, Cledith Arthur, who pleaded not guilty, moved away and eluded authorities who issued multiple warrants over the years for his arrest.

— Karen Tumulty, Washington Post, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of eluded

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In the end, the union would be gone, and most of the people who built it were shunned, hazed, and scattered.

— Alessandra Schade, Vanity Fair, 28 Oct. 2026
Until now, digital merchants and financial networks have shunned such payments as impractical, due in part to processing costs.

— Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of shunned

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On his lone touchdown pass, Mayfield escaped Carolina pressure, evaded to the right, and threw it on the run, off his back foot, all while leaning back.

— Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 25 Oct. 2026
Instead, Cartwright returns to his deceased grandfather’s home thrilled to see that Baker has successfully evaded both the Russian assassins and MI5’s own rabid dogs.

— K.J. Yossman, Variety, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of evaded

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Risch initially shook the challenger’s hand, then pulled back and brushed past him.

— Sarah Cutler, Idaho Statesman, 27 Oct. 2026
But Todd Golden’s squad shook off a sluggish first half, quickly turned a two-point halftime lead into a double-digit advantage and kept the Hatters at bay during an 85-68 win Tuesday night in the O’Connell Center.

— Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 Oct. 2026

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Asked about Comcast’s plan to spin out NBCUniversal and whether Versant would ever consider a reunion with NBCU down the road, Lazarus hedged a bit.

— Dade Hayes, Deadline, 20 Oct. 2026
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian hedged his answers on the Iranian regime’s connection with the Houthis and Hezbollah in a Thursday night interview, denying any formal relationship with either Middle East terrorist group.

— Molly Parks, The Washington Examiner, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of hedged

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Posey has largely eschewed big-screen roles in projects from major studios that attract attention from Oscar voters, instead largely focusing on independent films.

— Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 27 Oct. 2026
Not wanting a didactic feel, Ebenstein eschewed labels for the art, artifacts, masks, toys, skeletal and wet specimens, wax scientific models, devotional objects, vintage taxidermy and books.

— Dina Cheney, Washington Post, 17 Oct. 2026

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