double-talk
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I found him unpretentious and easygoing in conversation, not given to theoretical double-talk, and with none of the abrasive New York swagger of his contemporaries.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 5, 2025
He exposed double-talk, pointed out hypocrisy and could draw laughter with a wide-eyed look of incredulousness or fear.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 8, 2024
Dressed up in an inexhaustible supply of euphemistic rhetoric and double-talk, such immoral policies are stunning to see in real time.
From Salon ● Nov. 7, 2023
Such double-talk adds contemporaneity and shading to a literature of gayness previously defined by blunter opposition.
From Slate ● Nov. 28, 2017
“I want to see that ham right here in my home! I don’t want any double-talk this time. If you people want a confession from me, you’d better start paying off.”
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
Goodell didn’t use any double talk, no corporate-speak to try to maybe explain why he wouldn’t want to get rid of Skipper Dan.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 22, 2022
“I’m quitting because of Shell’s double talk on climate,” Dennet said in a public post on the business networking site LinkedIn.
From Seattle Times ● May 23, 2022
Representing nursing homes in the state with the best “substantial compliance” with federal health survey standards, I’m dumbfounded by the double talk in the May 15 editorial “Nursing homes deserve better.”
From Washington Post ● May 18, 2020
On April 24, there’s a clear record of DiSabato requesting help: In an email to Jordan, he pleaded: “You have the platform to cut through the double talk, placation and finger pointing.”
From Slate ● Jul. 6, 2018
"Dal, this is no time for double talk and nonsense."
From Star Surgeon by Alan Edward Nourse
