tergiversation

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Another has been the behavior of its distinguished columnists-the lamentation of Mark Sullivan, the oscillation of Dorothy Thompson, the tergiversation of Walter Lippmann.

From Time Magazine Archive

Froude's specific charge of rapid tergiversation is disproved by dates.

From The Life of Froude by Paul, Herbert W. (Herbert Woodfield)

What was Howe's explanation of his Lordship's tergiversation?

From The Tribune of Nova Scotia A Chronicle of Joseph Howe by Grant, W. L. (William Lawson)

Many are the causes which may dissolve the bonds of faithless “conjurations;” and it is not always he who abandons a party who is to be criminated by political tergiversation.

From Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature by Disraeli, Isaac

The Times, while it appears to lead, in reality waits upon public opinion, and hence the accusations of inconsistency and tergiversation so freely lavished upon it.

From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 2, August, 1864 Devoted to Literature and National Policy by Various