weasel

The reintroductions represented the first attempt to re-establish a sustainable breeding population of the tree-climbing members of the weasel family in the South West since they were hunted to extinction more than a century ago.

From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026

No being a weasel and giving me three or four.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026

And with quarterback Dylan Raiola out for the second half with an injury, USC was able to limit Johnson just enough to weasel its way back into the game.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 1, 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

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

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker

The species, which is related to weasels, were once common but declined during the 18th and 19th centuries because of hunting and the loss of woodland.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2025

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

The Freys all looked like weasels; Ser Stevron, past sixty with grandchildren of his own, looked like an especially old and tired weasel, yet he was polite enough.

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin

The virus has weaseled its way into our gyms and our fields.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 12, 2020

It’s not the only comedy with pithy, repeatable dialogue that weaseled its way into our vernacular so completely that we started to forget about the source.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 28, 2018

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

From National Geographic ● Dec. 18, 2017

As a man who only weaseled his way into the president’s good graces by betraying the trust of his previous employer, Raymond Tusk, a dissatisfied Seth seems potentially dangerous.

From New York Times ● Mar. 4, 2016

I weaseled my way beside Rose, who had RiRi in her lap.

From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline

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

The writer, Martin Keller, has died by the time Sal encounters the story, and soon she’s weaseling her way into the lives of Keller’s widow and daughter to better understand the role she played.

From New York Times ● Jun. 1, 2023

Which retired executive is weaseling out of his tax liabilities?

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 1, 2018

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

From Winning a Cause World War Stories by Inez Bigwood