weasel
Example Sentences
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“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
Traditional brushes are made with animal hair from squirrels, goats or sable, a species of weasel.
From BBC • Nov. 22, 2024
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
And each time she went outside, she was reminded of the frozen weasel and mouse and bird and deer.
From "The Wild Robot" by Peter Brown
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