Recent Examples on the WebJordan lost the first round of voting on Tuesday, thus sparing the nation, in this time of war abroad and strife at home, the calamity that could ensue if the gavel falls into his weaselly grasp.—Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2023 Even in the wake of the weaselly example set by the University of North Carolina, U of L's interim president Greg Postel chose to answer to a higher authority than self-interest.—Tim Sullivan, The Courier-Journal, 20 Feb. 2018 As Frances, who initiates the decline of her souring union by entering into an affair with a weaselly art history professor, Parker grimaces her way through most of the episodes, slumping through her scenes.—Rachel Syme, New Republic, 26 Jan. 2018
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