weasel
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"He's a weasel of a man because every time he's confronted, he becomes sick or says one of his family members has died," says Marns, who now lives in Dubai.
From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026
“But when universities do the same thing by trying to weasel out of their contracts, it’s equally corrosive.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 24, 2025
Lacking Spotify, they decided to pass the time by undertaking “an enumeration and actual count” of road-killed animals—a battered weasel here, a flattened garter snake there.
From Slate • May 25, 2024
Wolverines resemble diminutive bears but are the largest member of the weasel family, weighing up to 40 pounds.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 11, 2024
“I mean, somebody probably told him when he was little, ‘Son, you have a load of money, and someday people are going to try to weasel it out of you.’”
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
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