excuse
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“It’s important to celebrate animation and so any excuse we have seems pretty relevant at the moment.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
This is not to excuse excesses, but to point out a mundane matter of physics.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
But these wider problems of the entire game are not an excuse for an England team who, frankly, would be given a pass for endless hours after midnight if they were winning.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
The US ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee, for years a staunch supporter of settlers, said there was "no excuse for such thuggish behaviour".
From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026
I was frustrated with my mom when I said that stuff, but that’s not an excuse.
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
"I thought our prep was spot-on, no excuses."
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026
It set the tone for a culture of not making excuses, as did his involvement in a staff match before the squad flew out.
From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026
When people notice his plentiful bruises, Almásy makes up excuses, leading them to think he’s a klutz.
From Salon ● Jul. 28, 2026
“Mr. Brand makes no excuses for his actions, and knows that he harmed many as a result of his choices.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 16, 2026
In all these cases the children were too young to give any properly intelligible account of themselves, but the consensus of their excuses is that they had been with a “bloofer lady.”
From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker
Walton-Cole was repeatedly told she could be excused from jury service, but pushed against that, saying: "As a jury, we're supposed to reflect society."
From BBC ● Jun. 14, 2026
Then she excused herself — someone else wanted to say what’s up.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2026
You’ll be excused for viewing that shameless promotion with cynicism as long as you also leave room to appreciate it as an indicator of how far the group has pulled popular culture.
From Salon ● May 31, 2026
The informant excused himself to head upstairs to retrieve the money, a signal for Haitian police commandos to storm in.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 29, 2026
The mighty warrior excused himself and changed a diaper.
From "Gregor the Overlander" by Suzanne Collins
The agency has a history of excusing union supporters’ threats against workers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 3, 2026
Decrees excusing certain individuals from Mass are generally issued on much smaller scales, giving certain congregants a pass because of issues like illness or natural disasters, Hoover said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 11, 2025
I'm not excusing any of his behavior and I do think that if anyone is an unhealthy situation they have every right to leave and probably should leave.
From Salon ● Aug. 12, 2024
Which is one way of excusing an ally for aiding an enemy.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2024
To start excusing myself now, for this or that, would be a blunder.
From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood
Vocabulary lists containing excuse
"Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare, Act III
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"The War of the Wall" by Toni Cade Bambara
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"The House on Mango Street" and "The Road Not Taken"
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