prevaricate

So, why did the three college presidents prevaricate when asked how they would respond to such language?

But, hey, ratings: Maybe the method by which to save America from a second Trump term is to give him prime-time slots to lie, prevaricate and vent self-pity.

British politicians can say all sorts of rubbish to the BBC that wouldn’t count as a crime, but government ministers are not supposed to knowingly mislead — artfully prevaricate? recklessly lie to? — the members of Parliament.

Then there are the Republicans in the Senate and House who vehemently defend the liars or prevaricate and deflect, unwilling to accuse, let alone punish, the liars in their midst.

Since then Ramaphosa has seemed to prevaricate on crucial reforms and is sometimes paralysed by the need to build consensus within the ANC - a far cry from the decisiveness he showed as a union leader in the 1980s.