double-talk
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I found him unpretentious and easygoing in conversation, not given to theoretical double-talk, and with none of the abrasive New York swagger of his contemporaries.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 5, 2025
He exposed double-talk, pointed out hypocrisy and could draw laughter with a wide-eyed look of incredulousness or fear.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 8, 2024
All he heard from Emanuel was double-talk and evasion.
From Salon ● Oct. 21, 2021
That seemed to be undermined by his New Yorker article showing a comedian who specialized in double-talk leading a calisthenics drill: “Inhale! Outhale! Sidehale!”
From Washington Post ● Jan. 23, 2021
“I want to see that ham right here in my home! I don’t want any double-talk this time. If you people want a confession from me, you’d better start paying off.”
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
Goodell didn’t use any double talk, no corporate-speak to try to maybe explain why he wouldn’t want to get rid of Skipper Dan.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 22, 2022
“I’m quitting because of Shell’s double talk on climate,” Dennet said in a public post on the business networking site LinkedIn.
From Seattle Times ● May 23, 2022
It will be because, after all the years of managerial duplicity and double talk, they finally believe in somebody.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 26, 2021
On April 24, there’s a clear record of DiSabato requesting help: In an email to Jordan, he pleaded: “You have the platform to cut through the double talk, placation and finger pointing.”
From Slate ● Jul. 6, 2018
"Dal, this is no time for double talk and nonsense."
From Star Surgeon by Alan Edward Nourse
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