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After a decade below the national average and no improvement, Canberrans are tired of excuses and spin from this government.”
Source: https://citynews.com.au/2023/act-flunks-hospital-emergency-wait-times-again/
After that, it was all wage freezes and excuses as to why raises couldn't be more than 2% (even in years of high inflation)."
Source: https://www.buzzfeed.com/meganeliscomb/the-odds-are-ridiculously-stacked-against-them-gen-xers-are
After their turning into Trump-voting, do-my-own-research weirdos, I really think white GenXers second biggest shame is stealing the word "stank" and looking for excuses to use it everywhere.
Source: https://www.fark.com/comments/12790204?utm_source=feed&utm_medium=comments&utm_campaign=fark
“All that stuff is adding up in Milwaukee…we need more action than excuses.”
Source: https://urbanmilwaukee.com/2023/05/15/aladdins-all-aboard-cafe-closing-may-16/
A miserable night was capped off by the sight of Pedro Caixinha standing in a bush trying to make excuses in front of the furious fans.
Source: https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/michael-beale-two-rangers-parachutes-30474987
And even though most won't care or think I'm making excuses I suffer from several mental health issues.
Source: https://www.bleedinggreennation.com/2023/10/10/23910938/sorry-ive-been-so-doom-and-gloom-lately
And there were a lot of excuses over the last couple of weeks.”
A polite “no” is brief, neutral, and does not offer a list of reasons, which might come off as excuses, or, worse – invite further inquiry and conversation.
As a janitor, he’s allowed to have excuses.
As excuses for getting out of tricky work meetings go, having “constant diarrhoea” usually works a treat – and so it proved for the artist Dante Gabriel Rossetti in a letter written 155 years ago.
Asked about O’Sullivan after his victory over Ding, Vafaei suggested O’Sullivan was a nice person when he was asleep and even put on an Essex accent as he criticised the world number one for always making excuses.
As part of this year’s campaign, officers have shared some of the poor excuses they hear from motorists who have been arrested for driving whilst under the influence of drink and drugs.
As the political wing of the IRA, it was used to making excuses for the murder of innocents, but it is now the joint largest party in the Irish Dail.
Because of the way in which the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan were prosecuted we can all now plot our own excuses through the mess.
Source: https://nypost.com/2023/03/09/perilous-path-of-iraq-ruin/
"Being under the influence can lead to deadly consequences, and excuses won’t change a single thing when the worst happens."
But again, let me just make a general comment, we are acutely aware of the one-offs that of course the pain, but as we all know, this is mining, and if you keep on having one-offs, they cannot become excuses.
But none of those excuses will matter if you reach retirement age with little saved.
Source: https://www.moneytalksnews.com/slideshows/bad-money-habits-that-are-robbing-you-blind/
But the present government first held investigations, then cases were filed which were now in courts that had summoned Imran, but he was making lame excuses to avoid court cases.
Source: https://thefrontierpost.com/imran-does-not-want-elections-rather-he-wants-selection-again-marriyum/
"But this came to me during the pandemic and certainly during the lockdown I had the time and I had no excuse - I ran out of excuses during lockdown, the universe locked us all in our houses and I had no choice."
But those excuses don’t explain why Maine’s rate of abuse keeps getting worse, nor do they recognize that every other child welfare agency in the country is dealing with the same set of circumstances.