Balking

Kavanagh and Deputy Mayor for Public Safety Phil Banks are finding it difficult to fill the top ranks as Big Apple firefighters are balking at taking the assistant chiefs test, according to the sources.

She recalled series co-creator Gene Reynolds asking her what happens next, then balking at the idea that Margaret would actually get married.

The bill is unlikely to pass, as some Republicans are balking at changing the judicial process.

What’s needed now goes beyond masks, yet the premier still is balking at doing what needs to be done.

After lots of balking on the Russians’ part, the Brit team eventually receives a reluctant go-ahead and is finally allowed onto the site of the unfolding disaster.

After some initial balking, the switch happened — as it had the previous week — during the pit stops.

Balking at such radicalism, Remain instead found itself the advocate of a hard-to-justify status quo; an archaic state, a decaying democracy and rampant social inequality inflamed by fears of immigration.

Because it’s a day that ends with y, the government is still balking at providing much-needed disaster aid to Puerto Rico.

Lawmakers did not pass similar bills during the 2019 session, with Republican leaders balking at the proposal to ban matrix acidization.

The reaction to the news has been incredulous, with many wondering why this is a priority for the Ontario government and balking at the idea of Ford’s campaign slogan making its way onto licence plates.

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That helped Democrats decide which side of the bill they wanted to be on, and unified the caucus in favor of reform — even Democrats from balking states like California and New York.