as in to shake
to avoid giving a definite answer or position
the polite guest chose to weasel rather than admit that he didn't like the meal
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Recent Examples of weasel
Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 27 Apr. 2010
Peter Sarsgaard offers a sly, juicy performance as a shady chef who weasels his way into the home of an entitled young heir (Billy Magnussen).
—Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Brian Grubb, Vulture, 23 Aug. 2024
The weasel seemed to symbolize the horrors that humans wreak upon nature—and to suggest the tragedy inherent to modern tracking.
—Ben Goldfarb, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Oct. 2024
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Such a mandarin caste would be congenitally incapable of eye contact, minimizing the ability to weasel out bribes.
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 27 Apr. 2010
Peter Sarsgaard offers a sly, juicy performance as a shady chef who weasels his way into the home of an entitled young heir (Billy Magnussen).
—Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
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Peter Sarsgaard was turning his character into a despicable little weasel through a masterclass of smirks.
—Brian Grubb, Vulture, 23 Aug. 2024
The weasel seemed to symbolize the horrors that humans wreak upon nature—and to suggest the tragedy inherent to modern tracking.
—Ben Goldfarb, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Oct. 2024
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The Texas Cheerleader Murder Plot delves into a crime that shook the town of Channelview, Texas, in 1991.Tim Ryan, Newsweek, 18 Dec. 2024
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Warner, however, was looking to shake things up and get Bogart out of being typecast as a gangster.Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 17 Dec. 2024
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The animals included twelve bats, nine racoons, eight skunks, two groundhogs, a bobcat, three cats and a fox, data shows.Staff report, Hartford Courant, 12 Dec. 2024
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Noma’s new colleagues in Sony’s robot skunk works had recently gone to Tokyo’s Akihabara electronics district and brought back boxes of circuit boards and servos.IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 9 Dec. 2024
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While China has so far managed to duck a major recession, the government may have become too complacent about the deleveraging process, and the possibility that this accelerates downwards, dramatically so as was the case for Greece, or tortuously as was the case for Japan.Mike O'Sullivan, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2024
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Students across our country should be learning how to read and write—not having to learn how to duck and cover.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 17 Dec. 2024
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While very uncommon, there have been several other instances of snakes being found in toilets.Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 20 Dec. 2024
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But getting them together competing in challenges with snakes and explosions?Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 18 Dec. 2024
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But what that showed is that Cohen, the hedge fund guy, might not have been hedging his bet on Soto, but sure was sweetening it.Mike Lupica, New York Daily News, 14 Dec. 2024
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Biden, however, hedged his praise for the rebels with a warning that the U.S. will keep an eye on how events unfold and how those groups act in the coming weeks and months.Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 8 Dec. 2024
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The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel published a sneak peak a this year's cookie book with two recipes, Choco-Butterscotch Potato Chip Cookies and Peanut Butter Middles.Alex Groth, Journal Sentinel, 18 Dec. 2024
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Netflix also showed an exclusive sneak peak of their upcoming online party royale game Squid Game: Unleashed.Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 12 Dec. 2024
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Zoom in: Europe may also have to figure out how to bear the primary burden for arming Ukraine — and how to ensure its own security — if Trump equivocates on NATO's mutual defense pledge.Dave Lawler, Axios, 14 Dec. 2024
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Hoping to entice equivocating consumers, retailers already have spent weeks bombarding customers with ads and early offers.Chris Morris, Fortune, 29 Nov. 2024
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After ten days of cruising Antarctic waters, dodging icebergs, and spotting elephant seals, the cruise’s 140 passengers could toss their Dramamine, catch a plane from the gravel runway at Frei Station research base, and fly straight back to Chile.Blair Braverman, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Dec. 2024
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The hospital, perched atop a hill just south of downtown Asheville, dodged flooding that submerged much of Buncombe County.Beth Warren, The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024
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“Weasel.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/weasel. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.
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