cut corners
Example Sentences
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“He absolutely believed he was above the law. He loved cutting corners. He loved suing people.”
From Washington Post
This is someone who built his career playing inside baseball and within the institutions and believing that although he could skate and cut corners.
From Salon
“It’s likely that developers in the District often cut corners knowing that DCRA, and now the Department of Buildings under the same leadership, will not stop them,” Bagge said.
From Washington Post
FBI investigations have come under intense scrutiny for allegedly cutting corners in recent years, particularly stemming from its Crossfire Hurricane investigation into Trump-Russia collusion in the 2016 presidential election.
From Washington Times
“Council chose to cut corners and do neither,” she wrote, pointing out that the mayor and council will retain the authority, under the bill, to deviate from the forecast office’s predictions.
From Seattle Times
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