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

Shimo is to answer the questions—without tergiversation or lying.

From Bakemono Yashiki (The Haunted House), Retold from the Japanese Originals Tales of the Tokugawa, Volume 2 by De Benneville, James S. (James Seguin)

Our vulgar idea of a party is a week or fortnight of previous discomfort and chaotic tergiversation, and the mistress of it all distracted and worn out with endless cares.

From Pink and White Tyranny A Society Novel by Stowe, Harriet Beecher

So great, however, were the tumults in Rome that he was forced to face about once again, but his tergiversation gave a fatal blow to the cause.

From A Short History of Italy (476-1900) by Sedgwick, Henry Dwight

Froude's specific charge of rapid tergiversation is disproved by dates.

From The Life of Froude by Paul, Herbert W. (Herbert Woodfield)