truant
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In June 1530 Hans Holbein the Younger was rounded up for being a truant from the Reformed Church and its newfangled Eucharist.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 27, 2026
As one might have predicted, the trio of 14-year-old supposedly truant adolescents quickly overwhelmed the comic.
From Salon ● Jun. 1, 2025
And man, that idea, that image of 22 public integrity lawyers locked in a room like truant children until they knuckle under, and somebody is going to file it.
From Slate ● Feb. 14, 2025
Speaking to BBC's Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg, Dame Rachel said this equated to 1.8 million children, and estimated that 100,000 of those were playing truant.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2023
They stowed most of their gear in a collapsed building far from the center, a crumbling place that even truant uglies would probably avoid, packing only water purifiers, a flashlight, and a few food packets.
From "Uglies" by Scott Westerfeld
The idea of cutting benefits for parents of truants was first suggested by Labour Prime Minister Tony Blair in 2002, but it was dropped in favour of the current fines system.
From BBC ● Feb. 28, 2023
Only juvenile truants and curfew violators are not handcuffed unless they become violent, according to police rules.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 1, 2019
Sen. Jeannie Darneille, D-Tacoma, proposed a bill that would phase out the jailing of all runaways, as well as truants and other children considered at risk.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 26, 2019
Evelyn, when she was little, attended the Sleighton Farm School for Girls in Philadelphia, Barbara said, describing it as a place for chronic truants.
From New York Times ● Jun. 7, 2017
“Are you aware that the school district has special police who go out searching for truants? They’re very good at their jobs, 1 assure you.”
From "Hoot" by Carl Hiaasen
Elwyn Edwards was a schoolboy who lived nearby and truanted so that he could join the protest.
From BBC ● Mar. 4, 2023
Only one of them was in school and she truanted most days.
From BBC ● Nov. 28, 2012
His outward hopes were blasted, and he returned with concentrated ardour to woo the muse, from whom he had so long truanted.
From Milton by Mark Pattison
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