weasel
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
Rather than make direct claims about cures, supplement promoters resort to vague boasts about their products using what the Canadian researchers identify as weasel words that can foster the impression of efficacy.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 17, 2025
Although Kennedy repeatedly claimed that he's not anti-vaccine throughout his hearing, his statements about vaccines are loaded with weasel words and caveats that are common deflection strategies from vaccine denialists.
From Salon • Feb. 5, 2025
Traditional brushes are made with animal hair from squirrels, goats or sable, a species of weasel.
From BBC • Nov. 22, 2024
Two bright eyes shone, and out through that hole that was no wider than a string bean came a weasel.
From "My Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
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