shirking

Example Sentences

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"They seem to be shirking their responsibilities all together and saying this is not an issue for us," he said.

From BBC • Mar. 17, 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

BC Smith calls “Phasmagorica” an “experiment,” shirking at the word performance.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 18, 2025

It was perhaps not more dangerous than shirking an evening at the Center.

From "1984" by George Orwell