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Hedge: to limit or qualify a statement; to avoid making a direct statement
When asked why he had decided to buy millions of shares at the very moment the tech company's stock soared, the CEO hedged, mentioning something vague about gut instinct.

Wedge: to cram force something into a narrow space
If you wedge the rock in between the door and the frame, it will stay open until you come back.

The government says it only wants to privatize one or two railway lines, but as the authority hedge on this issue every time, I think it's the thin end of the wedge. They'll all be privatized soon.

The mayor hedged when he was asked about the tax reduction on tobacco production. Hundreds of people were trying to wedge their bodies in that gathering to hear an explanation even though it was already overcrowded.

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