temporizing

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It should be said that Andersson enjoys a clear advantage amid all this temporizing, but it takes just one suboptimal move for Black’s strategy to pay off.

From Washington Times • Nov. 8, 2022

Amleth, as he is called, is no student philosopher, temporizing over the nuances of being and nonbeing.

From New York Times • Apr. 21, 2022

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

I think that your husband’s temporizing may be a better strategy than outright refusal.

From Slate • Oct. 13, 2015

It is simply a diplomatic trick—a temporizing policy.

From History of Cuba; or, Notes of a Traveller in the Tropics Being a Political, Historical, and Statistical Account of the Island, from its First Discovery to the Present Time by Ballou, Maturin Murray