dither
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Elias has decided to stay put even as prices dither.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
It said residents and workers suffered while the council "dither around a deal already scoped out at conciliation service Acas".
From BBC ● Mar. 11, 2026
And while Hamlet may dither in seeking revenge for his father’s murder, we don’t hope that the scheming Claudius gets away with it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 14, 2026
Providing this road map of his intentions puts Smith on firm footing to challenge the judge if she continues to dither.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 4, 2024
Now that “Honest Abe” Lincoln had won the presidency, the South was in a dither.
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
But the feature dithers in development, which becomes something of a running joke here; the shot of a stone-faced Mr. McElwee watching a ridiculous promo reel is a moment of perfectly understated comedy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
The narrator dithers over how much she wants a leadership position in this unofficial hierarchy of casual dismissiveness, earnestness avoidance and radical obsolescence.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 9, 2021
But as the company dithers, its users are organizing.
From The Verge ● Aug. 16, 2018
He dithers, and a fair amount of screen time is devoted to a subplot in which he fraudulently jacks up the price of an Art Deco desk he’s trying to sell.
From New York Times ● Oct. 18, 2016
Anyway, the one thing the examiners will not thole is a body that dithers.
From The Right Stuff Some Episodes in the Career of a North Briton by Ian Hay
Other major cities have had formal infrastructure plans for years, while L.A. has ducked and dithered.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 16, 2026
Kinsky had earlier rushed out to stop Adam Armstrong reaching a long ball after Kevin Danso dithered and allowed the striker to sprint ahead.
From BBC ● Apr. 25, 2026
The air force had flagged the need for new advanced fighter aircraft 25 years ago, but successive governments dithered on the purchase.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 25, 2026
In 2022, 17 years after the Rolling Stones released their most recent album of original songs, Mick Jagger decided the band had dithered and procrastinated long enough.
From New York Times ● Sep. 14, 2023
“But, Fusia, what about your education?” dithered my mother.
From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron
That crumb of optimism was swept away when Vini capitalised on a second outbreak of world-class dithering in front of their own goal.
From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2026
On Wednesday, Sir Keir defended his government's record on military spending after Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch accused him of "dithering".
From BBC ● Jun. 11, 2026
After some dithering, I settled on my home state of New York.
From Slate ● Jan. 13, 2026
Pentagon dithering over the Navy’s sixth-generation fighter, the F/A-XX, has delayed its development and led to hundreds of millions in contract-extension costs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 2, 2025
For Teller, however, it replicated the unfocused dithering he had been grousing about.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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"The Landlady" by Roald Dahl
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