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- adjective
Devious ;misleading .
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Examples
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The way FAIR presents the numbers seem kind of weasely:
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And your “not proven yet” is exactly the kind of weasely objection that is often raised by those groups.
Lean Left » Blog Archive » No Debate On Cause of Global Warming 2006
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Good, so we know to expect your weasely walking away from your bold predictions. chernevik Says:
Matthew Yglesias » Scott Brown Questions Barack Obama’s Parentage 2010
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Poor Irony & Satire … stuck in a tag-team wrestling match w/weasely & Legion …
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Although the same media does manage to find the aforementioned Mr. Hooper instead of the more moderate/non-weasely “leaders”, so that has to count for at least some intentionality on their part, does itnot?
The Volokh Conspiracy » Andrew McCarthy Sticks to His Guns (And He May Be Pointing Them at You Next) 2010
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Without the public declaration that the SEC failed to insist upon, Goldman, JP Morgan and others will forever be able to hide behind the protective, weasely cover of "we didn't admit any wrong-doing -- and the government agreed."
Adam Hanft: "Without Admission of Wrong-Doing" -- The Infuriating Wrist-Slap of JPMorgan Chase Adam Hanft 2011
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Indeed, five days in and there's still pretty much no one besides weasely state and district administrators clamoring for relief who will admit to liking Duncan's Plan B "recess reauthorization" -- though Patrick Eduflack Riccards comes close.
Alexander Russo: Why Duncan Waiver Proposal Isn't Breaking NCLB Logjam Alexander Russo 2011
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Indeed, five days in and there's still pretty much no one besides weasely state and district administrators clamoring for relief who will admit to liking Duncan's Plan B "recess reauthorization" -- though Patrick Eduflack Riccards comes close.
Alexander Russo: Why Duncan Waiver Proposal Isn't Breaking NCLB Logjam Alexander Russo 2011
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Indeed, five days in and there's still pretty much no one besides weasely state and district administrators clamoring for relief who will admit to liking Duncan's Plan B "recess reauthorization" -- though Patrick Eduflack Riccards comes close.
Alexander Russo: Why Duncan Waiver Proposal Isn't Breaking NCLB Logjam Alexander Russo 2011
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Indeed, five days in and there's still pretty much no one besides weasely state and district administrators clamoring for relief who will admit to liking Duncan's Plan B "recess reauthorization" -- though Patrick Eduflack Riccards comes close.
Alexander Russo: Why Duncan Waiver Proposal Isn't Breaking NCLB Logjam Alexander Russo 2011
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