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waffle

[wof-uhl] / ˈwɒf əl /


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Yet it sits in one of South Carolina’s poorest counties, surrounded by waffle houses, dollar stores and personal injury lawyers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 24, 2026

"I was listening to the chairman last week and it was the usual waffle that we get from the Celtic boardroom," John Dykes said on the Scottish Football Podcast.

From BBC ● May 6, 2026

Be honest with yourself: Are you really going to use the dusty waffle maker in your kitchen cabinet?

From MarketWatch ● Feb. 23, 2026

I don’t eat that great, but if you’re ever gonna eat bad, Sunday is the day to do it, so you gotta get the waffle.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 7, 2025

“Yes,” Mrs. Dawkins said, “the most delicate little waffle cookies. They nearly melted in your mouth with a cup of hot tea. Do you remember the lovely teas we had back then?”

From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool

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

Then, the judge brought the people into his chambers and they waffled on what they initially said.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 2, 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

But the new uncertainty arrives at a precarious moment, with Wall Street projecting above-target inflation in the months ahead and increasingly waffling over whether the cost of the AI boom will pay off.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026

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

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

The judge seemed to be waffling as well.

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng




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