temporizing
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has dismissed a key ally from his new Cabinet, bowing to a ruling from the Israeli Supreme Court after days of temporizing.
From Washington Times ● Jan. 22, 2023
Amleth, as he is called, is no student philosopher, temporizing over the nuances of being and nonbeing.
From New York Times ● Apr. 21, 2022
That’s exactly the sort of temporizing that Bolton has described as worse than going to war.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 1, 2018
US history accordingly reveals a rich tapestry of legal suits, counter suits, interstate conflicts, water theft, treaties, compacts, agreements, accords, lobbying, bullying and temporizing.
From Nature ● Feb. 21, 2017
Our doctors however are not much in the habit of temporizing with their enemies unless they find themselves, too weak to cope with them.
From Critical Examination of the Life of St. Paul by Peter Annet
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