tergiversation

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Another has been the behavior of its distinguished columnists-the lamentation of Mark Sullivan, the oscillation of Dorothy Thompson, the tergiversation of Walter Lippmann.

From Time Magazine Archive

In consequence of this belief the devils became the rivals, indeed the successful rivals, of Jupiter himself in the art of physical tergiversation.

From Elizabethan Demonology by Spalding, Thomas Alfred

Raging with indignation at what he conceived to be the tergiversation of his leader and the treachery to his hero, Bland-Burges once again forced himself upon the attention of the House.

From A History of the Four Georges and of William IV, Volume III by McCarthy, Justin

I said, getting quite impatient at his tergiversation.

From She and I, Volume 1 by Hutcheson, John C. (John Conroy)

Lincoln would not allow himself to be swerved from the main issue by any tergiversation or personal attacks.

From Abraham Lincoln by Putnam, George Haven