evasiveness

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Despite his evasiveness on some questions, the attendees were clearly thrilled to see Khanna and appreciated that a member of Congress had flown over to hear them out.

From Slate • Apr. 30, 2025

Commissioner Wendy Mitchell scolded Fravel for his evasiveness on what the purse cuts would be if the Northern California proposal was passed.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 21, 2024

For one thing, "vaccines outfitted with the 'wild-type' spike held their own against severe disease and hospitalization against the more immune evasiveness of Omicron and its subvariants."

From Salon • Dec. 22, 2022

Their barrister Andrew Sutcliffe QC suggested the chances of the two songs being written independently were "minutely small" and accused Sheeran of "inconsistencies" and "evasiveness" in his testimony.

From BBC • Mar. 22, 2022

He acknowledged that this represented an escalation, but given Hamilton’s arrogant evasiveness, “more will now be required than would have been asked at first.”

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis