Thesaurus results for WEASELS

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verb

present tense third-person singular of weasel

as in hedges

to avoid giving a definite answer or position the polite guest chose to weasel rather than admit that he didn't like the meal

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noun

plural of weasel

as in skunks

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For example, low-cost Irish airline Ryanair currently hedges 80% of its jet fuel costs, giving them a significant competitive advantage when fuel prices increase.

— Tiago Ventura, Time, 26 June 2026
With a minimal, yet still impactful, pastel floral design, the rug hedges its saccharine design with ample negative space.

— Briana Feigon, Architectural Digest, 17 June 2026

Definition of hedges

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In the video, the subject ducks his head in the opposite direction of the doorbell camera.

— Michael Ruiz , Adam Sabes , Christina Dugan Ramirez , Sarah Rumpf-Whitten , Julia Bonavita , Peter D'Abrosca , Alexandra Koch , Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 3 Feb. 2026
The sun ducks down and sets Conejo Mountain against warm pinks and purples, transforming the ridgeline into an epic silhouette.

— Brian Hamilton, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025

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While nibbling deer and pesky rodents might require one approach, something else, like snakes, will require another.

— Ashley Chalmers, The Spruce, 3 July 2026
Many of the snakes live far from roads or trails, deep in the interior of the Everglades, accessible only by boat.

— Ashley Miznazi, Miami Herald, 2 July 2026

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That leads into a finish that waffles between praline and dark fruit leather (fig and cherry), in addition to dark tea tannins.

— David Thomas Tao, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026
The star of the show is chef Nick Wong's signature savory scallion waffles with sambal honey butter, but the Taiwanese disco fries, Cheeseburger Fried Rice and the crawfish egg foo young are not to be missed.

— Melissa Liebling-goldberg, PEOPLE, 3 June 2026

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Hatcher — a Pomo shape-shifter who dodges prejudice by passing as Mexican in the novel — is a thorny protagonist, often cunning, scheming and unforgiving.

— Maddie Connors, Los Angeles Times, 24 June 2026
Lionel Messi rebounds his own miss and dodges three Austrian defenders with a sliding second goal in stoppage time to put the exclamation mark on an historic performance for him and Argentina today in Arlington.

— Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 June 2026

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