prevarication

Example Sentences

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If Trump decides McCarthy must pay for his prevarications — or for the truths he tried to hide — the price still could be high.

From Seattle Times

Karsnitz suggested Wood’s participation in lawsuits in Georgia and Wisconsin challenging the 2020 election results demonstrated “a toxic stew of mendacity, prevarication and surprising incompetence.”

From Seattle Times

But this prevarication strikes me as a strange place to make an ethical stand.

From Washington Post

In a Facebook post, he added the public deserved "clarity, honesty and contrition", instead of "obfuscation, prevarication and evasion".

From BBC

In a Facebook post, he added the public deserved "clarity, honesty and contrition" instead of "obfuscation, prevarication and evasion".

From BBC