weasel out of
Example Sentences
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“But when universities do the same thing by trying to weasel out of their contracts, it’s equally corrosive.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 24, 2025
Pick something that you feel like you can't weasel out of, and then you just have to do it.
From Salon • Mar. 12, 2023
But if you’re looking for an example of how big companies weasel out of their promises, there it is.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 12, 2021
“He’s trying to weasel out of any responsibility for running the agency,” says Robert Santos, president of the American Statistical Association.
From Science Magazine • Jan. 19, 2021
I had planned everything I would say so that he couldn’t weasel out of it.
From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri
