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

At its most political, Kuriki-Olivo’s work is also at its most literal, and tends not to equivocate.

From New York Times

So he decided to “beat the rush” and seek another round, he said, even though his doctors equivocated about whether it was a wise decision.

From Seattle Times

In the press conference, Trump equivocated on whether he would actually return to Facebook, Twitter, and Google should they rescind their bans.

From The Verge