evasive
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When the Kaplans tried to contact the new property management company, Jeremy said, Systems Real Estate was evasive.
From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026
Andy Burrows, chief executive of Molly Rose Foundation, a UK-based online safety charity, welcomed the report, calling big tech platforms "complacent and evasive when it comes to protecting children from preventable harm".
From BBC • May 21, 2026
Speaking on the eve of his side's home game against high-flying Aston Villa, he was evasive when asked about the United job.
From Barron's • Jan. 6, 2026
In the past, the author explains, he tended to ignore birds because most “were too small, too evasive, too difficult to know, requiring too much patience and too much submission to their tricky little habits.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025
Helen’s glance was evasive, her face expressionless; she could have been holding still for a department store cosmetician.
From "Typical American" by Gish Jen
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