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- verb Present participle of
dally .
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Examples
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I think people are right that Apple won’t attempt to prosecute, at least assuming the timely return of the prototype (and I can’t see why Gizmodo would be interested in dallying, they’ve milked the story far enough that it’s mostly risk and downside now).
The Volokh Conspiracy » The Next iPhone — and the Criminal Law Angle 2010
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Sanford didn't do his "dallying" in his office and home – Clinton was allowed to continue in office, unimpeded by national public opinion.
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She felt like an idiot for having reacted so strongly, but he needed to know that she wasn't open to the kind of dallying that he obviously enjoyed with Lisa.
Mystery Dad Karr, Leona 1999
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Was he really casual about it, she wonders, or was he "dallying"?
Blog and Mablog 2010
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Iran must stop "dallying" and give a "clear answer" to initiatives offered by six western world powers in the standoff over Tehran's nuclear program, German Foreign Minister Steinmeier said in an interview.
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If there is one hellish, truly accursed thing in our time, it is our artistic dallying with forms, when instead we should become as victims burning at the stake, signaling each other through the flames.
Selby Drummond: Artists Anonymous: The Irresistible Earnestness of the Bruce High Quality Foundation Selby Drummond 2011
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If there is one hellish, truly accursed thing in our time, it is our artistic dallying with forms, when instead we should become as victims burning at the stake, signaling each other through the flames.
Selby Drummond: Artists Anonymous: The Irresistible Earnestness of the Bruce High Quality Foundation Selby Drummond 2011
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No doubt many parents have used The Poky Little Puppy to teach the consequences of dallying or ignoring boundaries.
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If there is one hellish, truly accursed thing in our time, it is our artistic dallying with forms, when instead we should become as victims burning at the stake, signaling each other through the flames.
Selby Drummond: Artists Anonymous: The Irresistible Earnestness of the Bruce High Quality Foundation Selby Drummond 2011
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If there is one hellish, truly accursed thing in our time, it is our artistic dallying with forms, when instead we should become as victims burning at the stake, signaling each other through the flames.
Selby Drummond: Artists Anonymous: The Irresistible Earnestness of the Bruce High Quality Foundation Selby Drummond 2011
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