fudge
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In a debate with a primary opponent, Ms. Graham couldn’t so much as fudge an answer to a question on Taiwan.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
A "chocolate doughnut Easter egg" triggers curiosity - a shell blended with shortbread and fudge pieces, topped with sprinkles.
From BBC ● Mar. 27, 2026
"It is too hard to fudge it now and I don't think it is possible," he added.
From BBC ● Mar. 2, 2026
Rinaldi also knows his chances of that for next year’s Super Bowl-Valentine’s Day double-header are about as remote as scientists discovering underground lakes of fudge on Mars.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 7, 2026
"I've already ordered your hot fudge sundae," he said.
From "Holes" by Louis Sachar
If they’re fudged, outright bond buying to pay for French social benefits could spill over to other European countries’ bond markets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
Or, a cynic might say, the real inflation figures are easily fudged.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 17, 2026
President Joe Biden had slightly fudged that line, Green says.
From Barron's ● May 14, 2026
They simply plugged in the numbers they could easily find, fudged the rest and threw it on a poster board.
From Salon ● Apr. 5, 2026
“I’m not just nervous, Dad. I’m freaking out. What if I didn’t do enough, or what if the magic gets fudged somehow, or”—Seven dropped her voice to an ominous whisper—“I get placed with Valley?”
From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega
Even in the worst-case scenario, Omar was a girl at the time, so any fudging of numbers would have been done by her late father, who filed the paperwork.
From Salon ● Oct. 18, 2026
That information reporting is a cornerstone of tax compliance, and without it, confusion and fudging can take hold.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 4, 2026
Zuckerberg knows this and, in classic fashion, appears to be fudging the A.I.-usage metrics a bit.
From Slate ● Apr. 25, 2025
From there, it was a matter of fudging size and distance with a life-size TV tower.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 8, 2025
Look at the concentration in her face, judging the angle, never fudging a shot, taking each nettle with inhuman precision.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
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