coy
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Diamondback Energy said it would add a rig, but most companies have been coy.
From Barron's • May 15, 2026
Gadd says he'll take a short break before returning to his next project, but he's coy about details.
From BBC • Apr. 21, 2026
Amanda Batula and West Wilson weren’t being coy — not “purposely” anyway.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2026
And though he played coy during the hearing about whether Mullin still had his vote, he delivered the clinching “aye” to advance the nomination on Thursday.
From Slate • Mar. 21, 2026
Nancy, a clothes-conscious girl with a film-star figure, a bespectacled countenance, and a coy, tiptoe way of walking, crossed the lawn and pressed the frontdoor bell.
From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote
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