equivocate

Example Sentences

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At City Hall though, council members and nonprofit officials equivocated.

From Seattle Times

In September, when asked at a New York Times event whether he accepted the idea that burning fossil fuels caused global temperatures to rise, he equivocated, saying, “I’m not a scientist.”

From Washington Post

Because Kim has spent multiple seasons, and possibly years of her life before “Better Call Saul” started, equivocating and rationalizing.

From Los Angeles Times

I hope I would be able to say to them now, without equivocating, that I understand my failure resulted in their verbal and emotional abuse at the hands of their hastily, poorly chosen stepfather.

From Washington Post

Democrats have gleefully been collecting examples of battleground candidates from states like New Hampshire, Minnesota and California who initially avoided comment or equivocate on the court’s decision.

From Washington Post