as in to hem
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Recent Examples of haw
Many of the season’s 10 45-minute episodes are dedicated to Jackie hemming and hawing between them.
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Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Dec. 2023
No more lengthy hemming and hawing by the pitcher.
—Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 28 Mar. 2023
Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Dec. 2023
No more lengthy hemming and hawing by the pitcher.
—Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 28 Mar. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for haw
Verb
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Biden felt hemmed in by his choice, particularly as the Justice Department investigated both him and Hunter.—
Colleen Long,
Chicago Tribune,
18 Jan. 2025
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Speaking with reporters on Thursday, a senior Biden administration official said that the process to pick the drugs for the negotiation program was hemmed in by the law Congress passed.—
Alexander Tin,
CBS News,
17 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Such tools can be game-changers for individuals who, for any number of deeply human reasons, hesitate to seek care.—
Cornelia C. Walther,
Forbes,
20 Jan. 2025
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But in a recent interview with the Wall Street Journal , Warren Buffett’s middle child Howard, who will eventually become Berkshire’s nonexecutive chairman, hesitated when asked about Berkshire’s future dividend policy.—
Yun Li,
CNBC,
19 Jan. 2025
Verb
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But Related waited until about two days ago to begin making a plan for this.—
Andres Viglucci,
Miami Herald,
16 Jan. 2025
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Make a fist and place the necklace in it into the stranger’s waiting palm.—
Julie Sharbutt,
The New Yorker,
16 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Trump himself has vacillated between siding with the populist and nationalist conservatives who have been his enduring supporters, many of them seeking a new blue-collar GOP, and businesses claiming to be starved for labor.—
W. James Antle III,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
28 Dec. 2024
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Charli’s beats are tailor-made for the club, with lyrics vacillating between braggadocious bombast to reflections on grief and insecurity.—
Scottie Andrew,
CNN,
14 Dec. 2024
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“Haw.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/haw. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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