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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of shirk.

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Examples

  • Mr. Dimon, by contrast, immersed himself in every detail of his acquisitions, fought to get prices that made hard financial sense and never shirked from the consequences.

    What Happens Under Pressure Philip Delves Broughton 2010

  • Earlier authors, in short, shirked the real problem of marriage, they ended where they should have begun.

    Women's Wild Oats Essays on the Re-fixing of Moral Standards 1897

  • The labour which you have shirked, which is now hidden from you, will be disclosed, you will justify your existence by taking your place as an element of the community.

    Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Winston Churchill Winston Churchill 1909

  • The labour which you have shirked, which is now hidden from you, will be disclosed, you will justify your existence by taking your place as an element of the community.

    The Inside of the Cup — Volume 07 Winston Churchill 1909

  • The labour which you have shirked, which is now hidden from you, will be disclosed, you will justify your existence by taking your place as an element of the community.

    The Inside of the Cup — Complete Winston Churchill 1909

  • COOMBS: I was, you know at first I just kind of shirked it off and I laughed and said, you know, just somebody else slamming the 9/11 widows.

    CNN Transcript Jun 12, 2006 2006

  • They smiled at each other with chummy remembrance of many a family festival they had "shirked" together in the old days.

    Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1904 1908

  • At the same time, the Inter Press Agency reported that while Panetta failed to obtain agreement from Israel that it would not attack Iran without first informing Washington, Obama has shirked any responsibility for Israel's action in that he "had no say" over Israel "as a sovereign country."

    Renee Parsons: Looking at Israel's Nuclear History as US Sabers Rattle Renee Parsons 2012

  • At the same time, the Inter Press Agency reported that while Panetta failed to obtain agreement from Israel that it would not attack Iran without first informing Washington, Obama has shirked any responsibility for Israel's action in that he "had no say" over Israel "as a sovereign country."

    Renee Parsons: Looking at Israel's Nuclear History as US Sabers Rattle Renee Parsons 2012

  • At the same time, the Inter Press Agency reported that while Panetta failed to obtain agreement from Israel that it would not attack Iran without first informing Washington, Obama has shirked any responsibility for Israel's action in that he "had no say" over Israel "as a sovereign country."

    Renee Parsons: Looking at Israel's Nuclear History as US Sabers Rattle Renee Parsons 2012

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