weasel
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No being a weasel and giving me three or four.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026
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
"The field is replete with weasel words and unfortunately one of those is consciousness," says Prof Stevan Harnad of Quebec University.
From BBC • Jun. 15, 2024
Lacking Spotify, they decided to pass the time by undertaking “an enumeration and actual count” of road-killed animals—a battered weasel here, a flattened garter snake there.
From Slate • May 25, 2024
Gale the weasel paced across Hazel’s shoulders and farted with anxiety.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
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