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The government's counsel, Jenkin Suen, told the inquiry that authorities would not shirk responsibility and pledged "systemic reforms".

From Barron's ● Mar. 24, 2026

And yet, both Andie and Iona shirk their individuality for stability, leaving those singular, oh-so-charming elements of their characters in the dust when wealthy men come calling.

From Salon ● Feb. 28, 2026

Courts can step in, he said, only if prosecutors have bad-faith reasons for such decisions, such as taking bribes or wanting to shirk their work.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2025

England did not shirk from the challenge, but Australia had more quality when it mattered and eased through the gears in the second half to win comfortably.

From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2025

Once Captain Smith is gone, though, the gentlemen stop working and even the common men shirk their chores.

From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone

Too many misplaced passes but never hides or shirks responsibility.

From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026

But she never shirks from the hard facts of the Du Bois history, or that of blackness in this country.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 14, 2026

The “experiment” — Smith shirks at the word performance — is designed, he says, for believers and nonbelievers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2025

Lawmakers had vowed to tackle the long-acknowledged fact that Washington shirks its obligation to cover the aides, therapy, special schools and other accommodations that 158,863 children with disabilities need in order to learn.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 7, 2023

"He shirks all the serious problems in life and is always trifling with some new foolishness," said the Curate.

From The Wonderful Visit by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells

A 437-page report written by a panel of three judges in 2021 found that the state had shirked its duty to protect Caruana Galizia and subjected her to personal attacks and verbal abuse from politicians.

From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026

“Rather than implement industry-standard detection tools used by its peers, Apple repeatedly shirked their responsibility to protect children under the guise of user privacy,” the West Virginia Attorney General’s Office said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 19, 2026

But when one vice signals, the out-group’s values take center stage — in order to be shirked rather than lived up to.

From Salon ● Jan. 29, 2026

On Thursday — on Opening Day! — the state auditor’s office is scheduled to release a report that could say whether the team has shirked its maintenance responsibilities at Angel Stadium.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 24, 2025

Man shall not say that I have shirked the human issue.

From The Debit Account by Oliver [pseud.] Onions

You could never accuse Formula 1 of shirking a challenge.

From BBC ● Sep. 10, 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

After that is when the singer noticed that kindly dad shirking his duties in “Hot to Go!”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2025

She either didn’t notice the odor or pretended not to, shirking the responsibility for cleaning after whatever rodent’s nest was up there.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead