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But he fronted up and didn't shirk the flurry of uncomfortable questions that came his way.

From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026

The government's counsel, Jenkin Suen, told the inquiry that authorities would not shirk responsibility and pledged "systemic reforms".

From Barron's ● Mar. 24, 2026

And yet, both Andie and Iona shirk their individuality for stability, leaving those singular, oh-so-charming elements of their characters in the dust when wealthy men come calling.

From Salon ● Feb. 28, 2026

“Once an artificial intelligence weapon system produces safety hazards, the ‘algorithm black box’ may become a rationalized excuse for the relevant responsible parties to shirk responsibility,” he wrote.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 25, 2026

Newspapers shirk notoriously their editorial responsibilities and print what they think their readers want.

From "Black Like Me" by John Howard Griffin

But she never shirks from the hard facts of the Du Bois history, or that of blackness in this country.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 14, 2026

But everything up to this point shows he never shirks a challenge, and he usually finds success.

From BBC ● Jun. 20, 2025

Everybody else just sort of shirks because they think they own the room.

From Salon ● Nov. 21, 2022

Daniel Zolghardri stars as a teenage cartoonist who shirks his posh family life in Princeton, New Jersey, to live alone in Trenton and try to make it as an R. Crumb-like artist.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 22, 2022

Who shirks every duty and responsibility, who panders to every gluttonous and selfish desire.

From A Gamble with Life by Silas K. (Silas Kitto) Hocking

The 437-page report written by a panel of three judges in 2021 found that the state had shirked its duty to protect Caruana Galizia and subjected her to personal attacks and verbal abuse from politicians.

From Barron's ● Jul. 1, 2026

“Rather than implement industry-standard detection tools used by its peers, Apple repeatedly shirked their responsibility to protect children under the guise of user privacy,” the West Virginia Attorney General’s Office said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 19, 2026

But when one vice signals, the out-group’s values take center stage — in order to be shirked rather than lived up to.

From Salon ● Jan. 29, 2026

On Thursday — on Opening Day! — the state auditor’s office is scheduled to release a report that could say whether the team has shirked its maintenance responsibilities at Angel Stadium.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 24, 2025

She shirked no labor, even of the most menial, and was one of those who gave up almost all her time to the work.

From Life of Oliver Wendell Holmes by E. E. Brown

Without shirking responsibility, the 52-year-old explained that her judgment had been clouded in part by other circumstances in her life.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 1, 2026

Employees monitor social-media posts to spot users’ latest methods for shirking their missions, said Jay Shin, chief executive of DelightRoom, the South Korean company behind Alarmy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 4, 2026

If letting Claude kill people on its own is not shirking oversight mechanisms, then we might reasonably question which “oversight mechanisms” Anthropic is talking about.

From Slate ● Feb. 25, 2026

One-time hick-hop rapper Jelly Roll is old hat at songs to soundtrack shirking child support payments, but he’s found a bit of a new lane in the path blazed by Wallen.

From Salon ● May 16, 2025

Incredibly, Parker was not held accountable for shirking his duties.

From "Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever" by Bill O'Reilly