evasive
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“Despite these evasive actions, the right front portion of the Tesla struck the individual,” CHP said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026
While Holmes comes across as very evasive and very bad at hiding it, though, Mr. Evans proves strong competition for being the strangest person here.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
Mr. Gill looks back at that 1992 interview and others and realizes that the Jeff Beck he thought he knew is a mystery, a self-contradicting trickster with a tendency to be witty and evasive.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
Blake was, by turns, crude, evasive, combative and menacing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026
The U.S. government was evasive about exactly what had happened, saying only that “the test program included experiments contributing to thermonuclear weapons research.”
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
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