tergiversation

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Another has been the behavior of its distinguished columnists-the lamentation of Mark Sullivan, the oscillation of Dorothy Thompson, the tergiversation of Walter Lippmann.

From Time Magazine Archive

"Is there not ample reason for an abatement of the northern tone, for a forbearance of northern urgency upon this subject, without the imputation of tergiversation and treachery?"

From Speeches, Addresses, and Occasional Sermons, Volume 3 (of 3) by Parker, Theodore

The other charge preferred by Naudé as to the pretended cure of consumption, and the consequent quibbling and tergiversation, is a more valid one.

From Jerome Cardan A Biographical Study by Waters, W. G. (William George)

To fully describe his conduct in denouncing Arnold and Arnold's tergiversation and intrigues against him would lead me far afield.

From Colonel John Brown, of Pittsfield, Massachusetts, the Brave Accuser of Benedict Arnold by Howe, Archibald Murray

It was not true, though it made Ferdinand very cordial for a time, and soon the relations between England and Spain resumed their usual course of smooth-tongued distrust and tergiversation.

From The Wives of Henry the Eighth and the Parts They Played in History by Hume, Martin Andrew Sharp