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Newsom and his wife, Jennifer Siebel Newsom, had equivocated about whether to move, citing concerns about uprooting their young children.

From Washington Times • Jan. 4, 2019

Other top administration officials, including Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley, had condemned Russia’s actions, but Trump had equivocated in recent days.

From Washington Post • Nov. 29, 2018

He said he had equivocated because “it was difficult for me” after talking to families of dead soldiers who believed that their loved ones “did not die in vain.”

From Slate • Aug. 7, 2015

He had equivocated so adroitly as to bar cross-examination, he hoped, but Jessie's curiosity was not easily parried.

From Jessamine A Novel by Harland, Marion

She had equivocated with one whose upright, candid nature ought to have protected him: but an enemy had accused Josephine; and it came so natural to shield her.

From White Lies by Reade, Charles