weasel

"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

Although Kennedy repeatedly claimed that he's not anti-vaccine throughout his hearing, his statements about vaccines are loaded with weasel words and caveats that are common deflection strategies from vaccine denialists.

From Salon ● Feb. 5, 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

Had Goldstein settled for these weasel words, she would have undermined her analysis before it began.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker

Dozens of the mammals, which are related to weasels, have been released into secret locations across Dartmoor and Exmoor since autumn 2024 as part of the Devon Wildlife Trust Two Moors Pine Marten project.

From BBC ● Apr. 12, 2026

That means eradicating invasive species such as possums, rats and mustelids—a group that includes weasels, ferrets and stoats.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 5, 2024

Squid-headed figures in lab coats inject fish with pink dye and cradle docile geese in front of giant mushroom-capped trees while solemn weasels look on.

From New York Times ● May 2, 2024

Animal rehabilitation networks will offer white-tailed deer, shrews, weasels, and squirrels.

From Science Magazine ● Apr. 29, 2024

Sela knew exactly how many rats, weasels, stoats and ferrets were able-bodied enough for combat.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques

A group of Los Angeles consumers is taking a stand against so-called service fees that have increasingly weaseled their way onto cafe and restaurant bills across the country.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2023

“Benjamin weaseled his way into driving with this friend,” she said.

From New York Times ● Dec. 11, 2020

The crest-tailed mulgara weaseled its way back into the park before the start of this conservation project.

From National Geographic ● Dec. 18, 2017

Instead, he has weaseled around, and presumably didn't tell his mother not to make her despicable request to you—he surely knew what she was up to and didn't even have the courage to warn you.

From Slate ● Dec. 20, 2013

Grandma hugged Zed and then Zed hugged Joey, and bam, faster than one of Joey’s knockouts, Zed had weaseled himself into becoming part of Joey’s family.

From "Lawn Boy Returns" by Gary Paulsen

In fact, Wright didn’t explain things so much as conduct a master class in weaseling.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026

By the time it came out in 2017, the AI research emerging from the company’s labs was so promising that Kohs was invited to keep weaseling around.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 17, 2026

Which retired executive is weaseling out of his tax liabilities?

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 1, 2018

JD: In the first, but in the second, he’s weaseling out.

From Slate ● Oct. 28, 2013

Under their cover I stood a fair chance at weaseling off.

From Winning a Cause World War Stories by Inez Bigwood