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waffle

[wof-uhl] / ˈwɒf əl /


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No fog lights grace the front lower corners; the molded blanks in the lower grille look like waffle irons.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 15, 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

She put the sweet and savory ingredients and eggs in the waffle maker.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 21, 2025

“I saw you eat that waffle cone, and I think I grabbed you by accident under the kitchen sink.”

From "Invisible Inkling" by Emily Jenkins

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

While she waffled between asking Ham and not asking him, she never gave a thought to asking Julian Singh.

From "The View From Saturday" by E.L. Konigsburg

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

When “Yellowstone,” Sheridan’s first show, premiered in 2018, #MeToo was reverberating across television with producers waffling over whether to villainize or defend macho characters.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 31, 2025

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

Mr D'Angelo characterised the brand's response as "waffling".

From BBC Jun. 20, 2023

The judge seemed to be waffling as well.

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng




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