Shirked

Britain imposed heavy taxes on imports and issued “writs of assistance” entitling British soldiers to search any home for evidence that tariffs on tea or whiskey had been shirked.

Certainly Curran is due his fair share of opprobrium and the City Attorney in 2021 approved a settlement with the owners involving a $1.2 million penalty and some $2.3 million in shirked affordable housing fees.

He shirked two challenges and bent the ball into the far corner to clinch a vitally important win.

As the world’s largest historical emitter of greenhouse gases and still the second-largest annual contributor, the US has for too long shirked its global duty in helping alleviate the climate crisis.

Taiwan initially showed the darker side of individualism, as some hospital workers, to protect themselves and their families, shirked their duties.

In their suit, property owners say the DNR shirked its duty to protect the lake by allowing too much water to be pumped out through underground wells.

Many of the inquisitive animals wandering over to check out visitors are former Melbourne Cup winners: Might and Power; Efficient; Brew (winner of the Cup that Pravda shirked).

She alleged that the suspect shirked his responsibilities as a parent, resulting in the deceased reporting him to the Domestic Violence and Victims Support Unit (DOVVSU).

So far, banks have shirked the idea of applying negative interest rates to retail deposits.

The shadow business secretary, Rebecca Long-Bailey, said: “It is appalling that the government has seemingly shirked its responsibility to Thomas Cook’s workers and supply chain businesses.

She said she’s interested in pursuing the PILOT lawsuit to force the state to recognize an obligation it has shirked.

Ammianus wrote that the councilmen shirked their duties by bribing unwitting men in the marketplace to do the job for them.

Kipling had scorn for those men who shirked duty in the First World War.