Synonyms
Examples for "shirk"
Examples for "shirk"
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Yet it continues to shirk its responsibilities to the nation's public health.
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No local authority should be able to shirk its responsibility, Lofven said.
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Clarence refused to shirk the sense of responsibility to himself, Helen says.
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Everybody had a job to do; no one was allowed to shirk.
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The interview was perilous; but he was not one to shirk danger.
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It gave us Douglas Sirk with a sprinkling of John Waters.
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In effect, the break-up is like a Douglas Sirk melodrama for 14 year olds.
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But, Sirk's staging of the action strips those tensions down to their most elemental forces.
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But this extraordinary, shameless melodrama from Christian Petzold is most reminiscent of Douglas Sirk's high-end soap.
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Swallow gamely holds its nerve and goes the full Douglas Sirk with its melodramatic hausfrau arrangements.
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After all, the real successors to Sirk's dramas were the genuinely conformist soap operas on television.
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Duke quarterback Thomas Sirk ran in for the score from 5 yards out on a third-down scramble.
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Duke QB Thomas Sirk has thrown for 264 yards with three interceptions over the past two games.
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It wasn't until some time after the director's retirement that Sirk Studies gained series traction in the academy.
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Thomas Sirk started at quarterback for East Carolina but was replaced in the third quarter by Gardner Minshew.
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A fumble by Sirk, who is used in special short-yardage situations, was recovered by Tar Heels linebacker Jeff Schoettmer.
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Quarterback Thomas Sirk of the Blue Devils completed 18 of 36 passes for 195 yards.
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But Sirk makes the text his own in a picture that revels in his taste for bold colours and delicious visual contrast.
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For all this window dressing, "Broken Embraces" remains a 1950s-style Douglas Sirk melodrama with breathless revelations in the final reel.
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Douglas Sirk) will be recalled in all its bittersweet glory long after many of the club's actual titles have been forgotten.
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The Blue Devils scored on a four-yard pass from Boone to tight end Max McCaffrey and a three-yard run by backup quarterback Thomas Sirk.