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waffled

verb

past tense of waffle

as in weaseled

to avoid giving a definite answer or position she waffled when asked what she thought of her sister's new boyfriend

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Recent Examples of waffled Northeast faces a wet, windy weekend Forecast models have waffled back and forth for days but have been consistent on putting New England and Long Island, New York, in the bull’s-eye of the storm’s most significant rain and wind this weekend. — Mary Gilbert, CNN Money, 24 Sep. 2026 Germany, which represents the EU’s biggest economy and export market, has waffled over hitting China with sanctions or duties, worried about retaliatory measures. — Kate Nishimura, Footwear News, 18 June 2026 But as Topuria protested and the doctor waffled, Goddard and the UFC ruled the bout would continue. — Mark Puleo, New York Times, 15 June 2026 The now-familiar push-button ignition has waffled between feeling premium and mundane, which is all to say that there’s no perfect formula for a car’s control scheme. — Tc Sottek, The Verge, 27 May 2026 For one, action bias is not always bad — sometimes things genuinely need to get done, not waffled over. — Aiko Bethea, Big Think, 22 Apr. 2026 During that stretch, Davis has waffled between hopeless and hopeful on a weekly basis. — Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times, 15 Apr. 2026 In January, Meta fired 10 percent of the Reality Labs unit, or about 1,500 employees, and this month waffled on shutting the whole thing down. — Frank Landymore, Futurism, 26 Mar. 2026 Dietary recommendations have waffled over time. — Tania Fabo, USA Today, 22 Jan. 2026

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The crossing left at least 140 migrants dead and shook the city perched on the Mediterranean coast.

— JOSEPH WILSON, Arkansas Online, 14 Oct. 2026
Both were arrested and were being held in separate prisons in the central city of Isfahan over their participation in the nationwide January protests that shook the Islamic republic.

— Frank Andrews, CBS News, 13 Oct. 2026

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