vacillate
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The studio spectators cut him off with a loud, extended chorus of boos, as Colbert appeared to vacillate between laughing and choking up.
From Slate • Jul. 18, 2025
Newsom and the Legislature can vacillate until next spring to negotiate a bond package for the November ballot.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 27, 2023
The Oscars can often vacillate between insidery navel-gazing and a ho-hum march toward best picture, but occasionally an acceptance speech cuts through the noise with authenticity.
From New York Times • Mar. 13, 2023
His leadership skills were lackluster, he was not a charismatic or inspiring speaker, he tended to vacillate in decision-making and he struggled to retain the best staffers.
From Salon • Jul. 24, 2022
Because of this, he began to seek out new allies and to vacillate with France during the campaign the French undertook in the Kingdom of Naples against the Spaniards besieging Gaeta.
From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli
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