Thesaurus / fence
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That means each team faces a lot more uncertainty about whether to buy or sell, especially when it comes to the large middle group of teams on the fence about which strategy is best.
SEPARATING MLB’S BUYERS FROM SELLERS AT THE WEIRDEST TRADE DEADLINE EVERNEIL PAINE (NEIL.PAINE@FIVETHIRTYEIGHT.COM)AUGUST 28, 2020FIVETHIRTYEIGHTWe chained ourselves to the fences of Soviet consulates and embassies.
THE FAILED HIJACKING THAT REMADE THE SOVIET UNIONEROMO EGBEJULEAUGUST 24, 2020OZYAbout 18 months later, the bull tossed Fisher into the air like an inconvenience and rammed him into the fence.
BIOTECHNOLOGY COULD CHANGE THE CATTLE INDUSTRY. WILL IT SUCCEED?DYLLAN FURNESSAUGUST 16, 2020SINGULARITY HUB NBC 7 reports that the city recently put up a fence to stop the gatherings after getting reports that not all the participants were wearing masks or social distancing.
MORNING REPORT: RURAL DISTRICTS STILL SCRAMBLING TO PREPARE FOR ONLINE LEARNINGVOICE OF SAN DIEGOAUGUST 12, 2020VOICE OF SAN DIEGOA gutted ballfield surrounded by a 10-foot chain-link fence is the only space resembling a park in the Sherman Heights neighborhood.
IF YOUR LOCAL PARK SUCKS, THIS IS PROBABLY WHYMACKENZIE ELMERJULY 6, 2020VOICE OF SAN DIEGOI saw every crook in the fence, every rut in the road, every bush and tree long before we came to it.
THE SOLDIER OF THE VALLEYNELSON LLOYDAnother fence: who would furnish that two hundred and fifty dollars and secure him for the remainder?
THE HOMESTEADEROSCAR MICHEAUXThey stopped, leaning over a jagged fence made of sea-drift, to ask for water.
THE AWAKENING AND SELECTED SHORT STORIESKATE CHOPINI raised my pipe above my head and hurled it against the fence, where it crashed into a score of pieces.
THE SOLDIER OF THE VALLEYNELSON LLOYDIn 1837 the churchyard had some pleasant walks along the sides, bounded by a low wooden fence, and skirted with trees.
SHOWELL'S DICTIONARY OF BIRMINGHAMTHOMAS T. HARMAN AND WALTER SHOWELLWORDS RELATED TO FENCE
- beat around the bush
- beg the question
- blow hot and cold
- cavil
- cloud the issue
- cop a plea
- cop out
- cover up
- dodge
- double-talk
- elude
- escape
- eschew
- evade
- falsify
- fence
- fib
- flip-flop
- fudge
- give the runaround
- hedge
- hem and haw
- jive
- lie
- mince words
- palter
- parry
- pass the buck
- prevaricate
- pussyfoot
- quibble
- run around
- shuck
- shuffle
- sidestep
- sit on the fence
- stonewall
- tell white lie
- tergiversate
- tergiverse
- waffle
- weasel
- avoid
- baffle
- balk
- beat around bush
- beg the question
- bypass
- cavil
- circumvent
- conceal
- confuse
- cop out
- deceive
- decline
- dodge
- double
- duck
- elude
- equivocate
- escape
- eschew
- fence
- fend off
- flee
- fly
- fudge
- get around
- give the runaround
- hedge
- hide
- keep distance
- lay low
- lead on a merry chase
- lie
- parry
- pass up
- pretend
- prevaricate
- pussyfoot
- put off
- shift
- shirk
- shuck
- shuffle
- shun
- shy
- sidestep
- slip out
- sneak away
- steer clear of
- tergiversate
- trick
- waffle
- weasel
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