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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
equivocate .
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Examples
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She equivocates with her guests, as does Lady Macduff when she teases her son, and even the virtuous Malcolm purposely misleads Macduff.
A Blessing—Not a Curse Paul Levy 2011
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Through the defamation of a symbolic movement figurehead, they can defecate on an entire movement, thus rendering it impotent if the base equivocates to abandon the accused.
Matthis Chiroux: The Wisdom and Power of a Leaderless Resistance Matthis Chiroux 2011
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Every attempt at mediation, including a recently flawed approach by the GCC Gulf Co-operation Council, has failed, as Saleh stalls and equivocates on public pledges, hoping to somehow survive in power.
Yemeni forces kill 18 and wound hundreds as unrest escalates 2011
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Mr. Shapiro has convinced me that it's the key to the play—the weird sisters equivocate with Macbeth and Banquo, promising them mutually exclusive things; Macbeth equivocates in his not-the-whole-truth letter to Lady Macbeth.
A Blessing—Not a Curse Paul Levy 2011
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That the same individual might also blush to lie to a League marshal only equivocates the sense.
May 14th, 2009 m_francis 2009
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Intelligent Design also equivocates and makes vacuous arguments.
Attached to Strings 2009
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But no matter how much you dress it up, this is still a song that morally equivocates about domestic violence.
Grammys: The best, worst and most puzzling performances from last night's Grammys Allison Stewart 2011
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Intelligent Design also equivocates and makes vacuous arguments.
Attached to Strings 2009
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Because each week, he shows what many knew all along -- that he's mediocre at the job, equivocates about the truth, makes back-room deals, and never met a lame photo or press op he didn't like.
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The Times story never even hints that Brown had anything to gain from the deal, even if he had had authority over it, and completely equivocates on the broader issue of whether or not it's been a good deal for Oakland.
Phil Trounstine: Goldman Sachs: False Equivalency in the California Governor's Race 2010
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