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- noun Plural form of
tergiversation .
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Examples
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To make matters worse, it seems pretty clear that the no voters were not just voting against a marginal change in the electoral system for which the case had not been made, but against the Liberal Democrats' shameless tergiversations since they got into bed with the Conservatives.
The Coalition and the Constitution by Vernon Bogdanor – review 2011
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Aerial tergiversations apart, this revival of Kaufman and Hart's Broadway hit poses the question: why?
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My own conclusion, after years of writing about the stock market, is that no one knows what its tergiversations signify.
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My own conclusion, after years of writing about the stock market, is that no one knows what its tergiversations signify.
Brimelow On The Bailout, The Patriot Party, And The ‘87 Crash 2008
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My own conclusion, after years of writing about the stock market, is that no one knows what its tergiversations signify.
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My own conclusion, after years of writing about the stock market, is that no one knows what its tergiversations signify.
VDARE.com: Blog Articles » Print » Brimelow On The Bailout, The Patriot Party, And The ‘87 Crash 2008
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For all his critical and commercial success and political tergiversations, it would appear that Carlos Fuentes is a man very much in the market for a spiritual anchor.
Rebel, internationalist, establishmentarian: Carlos Fuentes 2008
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For all his critical and commercial success and political tergiversations, it would appear that Carlos Fuentes is a man very much in the market for a spiritual anchor.
Rebel, internationalist, establishmentarian: Carlos Fuentes 2008
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Through the recent tergiversations of policy and prosecution, including the conduct of the U.S. government against "enemy combatants," the FBI has played a relatively honorable part.
David Bromwich: The AIPAC Case in Washington, Iraq, and Beyond 2009
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That reflects so much that is happening in critical areas of foreign affairs; bloodless, weak-kneed triangulations = fundamental tergiversations.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2008
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