waffle
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Be honest with yourself: Are you really going to use the dusty waffle maker in your kitchen cabinet?
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 23, 2026
“His last delivery was Korean fried chicken: A whole chicken, kimchi fried rice and waffle fries,” Jackson says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 27, 2025
Sandra: What on earth was that waffle in the post-match interview?
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2025
One time she made this savory waffle with rice, eggs, green onions and other stuff.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2025
“The last one was so tiny the bars crimped my fur like a waffle iron.”
From "Dog Squad" by Chris Grabenstein
He threw out defeatism and acted when everyone else waffled.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 5, 2026
Sauer waffled, prompting Justice Sonia Sotomayor to leap in and tell him: “Could you just answer the justice’s question?”
From Slate ● Nov. 5, 2025
While Dolan’s office said New York was “blessed with the greatest bagel stores in the world,” the cardinal waffled on announcing from which establishment he would be buying the goods.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 25, 2024
That came after Rodgers waffled on whether he should make the trip and skip a couple of full days of rehab.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 17, 2023
He detects patterns: one track is waffled, another has fine lines, and another is shaped like the pointed toe of a boot.
From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario
It’s important to precisely define and label this market shift—how else can I claim to have seen it coming all along, while waffling about what happens next?
From Barron's ● Feb. 20, 2026
When “Yellowstone,” Sheridan’s first show, premiered in 2018, #MeToo was reverberating across television with producers waffling over whether to villainize or defend macho characters.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2025
But this constant tonal waffling results in an audience that sees something strange and laughs because they’ve been trained by filmmakers to think that, when something is uncomfortable, laughter is the appropriate response.
From Salon ● Aug. 8, 2025
Staff ace Gerrit Cole declined to opt out after some initial waffling, then free agent left-handed starter Max Fried was signed for eight years at $218 million.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 13, 2025
“Young is waffling on more than whether or not he wants to eat his Danish, Reggie. Waffling. See what I did there?”
From "Here to Stay" by Sara Farizan
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