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waffle

[wof-uhl] / ˈwɒf əl /


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Yet it sits in one of South Carolina’s poorest counties, surrounded by waffle houses, dollar stores and personal injury lawyers.

From The Wall Street Journal May 24, 2026

Be honest with yourself: Are you really going to use the dusty waffle maker in your kitchen cabinet?

From MarketWatch Feb. 23, 2026

Sandra: What on earth was that waffle in the post-match interview?

From BBC Oct. 2, 2025

Don’t be shy about shape or size — shoestring, steak-cut, crinkle, waffle, sweet potato — I’ll even give a pass to tater tots for the sake of this exercise.

From Salon Sep. 16, 2025

There, in soil leading to the driveway, are the footprints: waffle, line lines, the point of a boot.

From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario

He threw out defeatism and acted when everyone else waffled.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 5, 2026

Sauer waffled, prompting Justice Sonia Sotomayor to leap in and tell him: “Could you just answer the justice’s question?”

From Slate Nov. 5, 2025

When I last wrote this, manager Dave Roberts waffled on the question of whether Kershaw was the greatest Dodger pitcher ever.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 3, 2025

Then, the judge brought the people into his chambers and they waffled on what they initially said.

From Seattle Times Mar. 2, 2023

Every time he waffled, though, Lydia would whip out her phone or her laptop and show him the steadily increasing number of views, comments, and likes “Dearly” had.

From "The Serpent King" by Jeff Zentner

But the new uncertainty arrives at a precarious moment, with Wall Street projecting above-target inflation in the months ahead and increasingly waffling over whether the cost of the AI boom will pay off.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 8, 2026

It’s important to precisely define and label this market shift—how else can I claim to have seen it coming all along, while waffling about what happens next?

From Barron's Feb. 20, 2026

But this constant tonal waffling results in an audience that sees something strange and laughs because they’ve been trained by filmmakers to think that, when something is uncomfortable, laughter is the appropriate response.

From Salon Aug. 8, 2025

“He moves with intent, there’s no waffling around or looking around. He knew where to go,” Henderson said.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 23, 2023

The judge seemed to be waffling as well.

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng




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