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How to use an excuse in a sentence? Find typical usage patterns (collocations)/phrases/context for "an excuse" and check conjugation/comparative form for "an excuse". Mastering all the usages of "an excuse" from sentence examples published by news publications.

" Having made an excuse, Weinstein adds, "I have since learned it's not an excuse.
It's an excuse, like my Sunday constitutionals are an excuse, to go and look at the world and marvel at it privately.
Specifically, debt fears were used as an excuse to cut spending on social programs, and also as an excuse for hobbling the ambitions of center-left governments.
The president can not only conjure up an excuse for any failure but he can even admit that it's an excuse and still be hailed for his honesty.
It's not acceptable for male drinking to be an excuse for men who rape (or attempt to rape), while female drinking is rendered an excuse for male perpetrators.
Halloween gives you an excuse to dress up as your favorite Taco Bell sauces, while Thanksgiving gives you an excuse to smother your food with the real thing!
" - Yvonne, 234 "Used boyfriend's anxiety as an excuse.
In a second, lengthier separately published statement, Weinstein reiterated that he knows his age isn't an excuse for mistreating women, while providing his age as an excuse for mistreating women.
For a start they need to check their habit of demonising nationalism as nothing more than an excuse for racism and bigotry—and localism as an excuse for parish-pump myopia.
In other words, Weinstein insists that he knows his age isn't an excuse for mistreating women, but at the same time, he provides his age as an excuse for mistreating women.
No, we're more into the day because it gives us an excuse to eat all the round pizza pies and desserts pies our hearts desire — not that we really needed an excuse.
That's a cop out, an excuse, and a bad one.
Plus, it's free, so I don't really have an excuse.
"I always find an excuse to slip out," he said.
He always had an excuse why he couldn't make it.
"I believe they use that as an excuse," she said.
Because of cultural ignorance, but ignorance is not an excuse.
It's also an excuse for him to smoke a cigar.
Going somewhere, rather, is an excuse to drive a Bugatti.
Waiting for life and work to improve is an excuse.
It's an excuse to sit down with somebody and chat.
They use that as an excuse, because Hillary Clinton lost.
If you've already seen it, that's not really an excuse.
" Alec added it's an "excuse to have cake and wine.
GUTFELD: Just an excuse to spray water on Tom Shillue.
"I don't have time to write" is not an excuse.
There is never an excuse to not get something done.
Well, that's just an excuse to take out the camera.
Having an excuse to come together to create something bigger.
That's not an excuse to stop believing in scientific conclusions.
"I'd have her come up with an excuse or something."
"That's just an excuse," he said of the erratic workload.
"Kids are great for an excuse for anything," she said.
My 18th birthday was just an excuse to get trashed.
He found an excuse to channel his racism into violence.
"You can't really use fatigue as an excuse," Warren said.
They thought it was an excuse to justify her behavior.
" Alec added, it's an "excuse to have cake and wine.
Harvey dismissed his sickness as an excuse for his performance.
"Ignorance is not an excuse," said press secretary Josh Earnest.
But that just seems like an excuse to Harmon's family.
Need an excuse to refresh your denim collection this summer?
Because after today, you no longer really have an excuse.
"Basically, I think it's an excuse," Ansar Muhammad told KRON.
Often, it is an excuse for recounting dreams and nightmares.
But that is not an excuse to avoid action now.
"At this point, we can't make an excuse," Wagner said.
"It's too easy of an excuse to use," he said.
Not that I'm using that as an excuse or anything.
Looking for an excuse to go on a tropical getaway?
"It gives us an excuse to get together," Otto said.
But it was never an excuse for a poor outing.
Every big public project is an excuse to steal money.
It can feel like an excuse or a hide out.
But if you're looking for an excuse, well, tomorrow's Halloween.
Looking for an excuse to solve during your lunch break?
So I don't want to use race as an excuse.
They believe that uncertainty is an excuse to do nothing.
"It's just an excuse to raise the prices," he said.
This turns out to be an excuse to save face.
"Jiangxi police are just looking for an excuse," he said.
This gives you an excuse to leave quickly, if needed.
Lamar Alexander: Well, the bottom line, it's not an excuse.
Public space construction — it's an excuse to construct a community.
Ignorance of the issue isn't an excuse at this point.
But to Small, those reasons were an excuse, and insufficient.
It's an excuse the company has relied upon for years.
Ovechkin did not want to use that as an excuse.
Nor should it be used as an excuse for inaction.
I couldn't use lack of funds as an excuse, either.
Volk worked out as an excuse to be near him.
Executive privilege isn't a reason not to — it's an excuse.
It just became an excuse to go out and drink.
It can be used as an excuse for bad behavior.
Some people were told their friend used money as an excuse ( "I don't have enough money"), some were told busyness was an excuse ("I don't have time"), and the rest received no excuse at all.
Norman Jewison's lovely, utterly hilarious romantic comedy turns 30 this year, and if that's an excuse to watch it for the first or ten thousandth time, then it's as good of an excuse as any.
But he chose not to offer the weather as an excuse.
And this was an excuse for how they lost the election.
It's really just an excuse to let loose and have fun.
As a complete narrative, The Engine of Enterprise is an excuse
That is not an excuse for any behavior, just the truth.
It's not often you have an excuse to high five IRL.
The internet loves an excuse to speculate about potential celebrity feuds.
But as many organisers saw it, Shakespeare was just an excuse.
Is this an excuse to embed a clip from The Critic.
I'm not making an excuse or pretending that I didn't fail.
We mention it as an excuse to talk craft a little.
And then use it as an excuse to have another slice.
A fear of breakouts is not an excuse for skipping SPF
And Mr Maduro has rarely required an excuse to crack down.
Millie said the protesters' accusation of privilege was just an excuse.
"This is not an excuse to go get drunk," Roybal says.
For us, Fortnite is an excuse to talk on the phone.
Meehan uses the intrusion as an excuse to install security cameras.
We're young but we can't keep using that as an excuse.
The next time you experience a setback, don't make an excuse.
We owe them an explanation and we owe them an excuse.
For some humans, it's an excuse to have a pajama party.
Connecticut There is no early voting and absentee requires an excuse.
Delaware There is no early voting and absentee requires an excuse.
Kentucky There is no early voting and absentee requires an excuse.
Michigan There is no early voting and absentee requires an excuse.
Mississippi There is no early voting and absentee requires an excuse.
Missouri There is no early voting and absentee requires an excuse.
Pennsylvania There is no early voting and absentee requires an excuse.
Virginia There is no early voting and absentee requires an excuse.
Cooking for others felt like an excuse to prepare something elaborate.
I have a sickness, but I do not have an excuse.
Lining it up like that, everyone kind of has an excuse.
Maybe you don't have an excuse to score the extra dozen.
That said, don't take this is an excuse to be bossy.
An excuse to make new friends because they happen to play.
If they don't give me an excuse, I can't do anything.
"I'm not going to use that as an excuse," Cueto said.
Just because it's hard cannot become an excuse to do nothing.
North Korea loves an excuse for a good, state-sponsored party.
Plus it always gave him an excuse to start a fight.
So why the hell do we use this as an excuse?
"This over-classification excuse is not an excuse," Flynn said Friday.
Bonus: now you have an excuse to eat off their plate.
Emotionally, I used that as an excuse to start drinking again.
As if we needed an excuse to update our fries ranking.
Looking for an excuse to get out of town this spring?
"He is trying to find an excuse in us," Rodriguez said.
In my head, I was looking for an excuse to relapse.
And we sometimes get used as an excuse in this process.
The army used the fiasco as an excuse to seize power.
What you had from him was an explanation not an excuse.
Whenever I get the ball, that's not an excuse for me.
Yet the USMNT can no longer use luck as an excuse.
"People think [bipolar disorder] is a label, an excuse," he said.
I no longer had an excuse to keep avoiding the army.
Do you think he's looking for an excuse to drop out?
Let me be clear: Ignorance is never an excuse for rape.
Indiana typically requires an excuse to vote via mail absentee ballots.
During the campaigning, I always had an excuse not to volunteer.
And everybody blaming racism was just using that as an excuse.
There wasn't really an excuse not to give it a shot.
Mayfield avoided using his health as an excuse after the game.
I wanted to go but always found an excuse not to.
It's being used as in a little bit of an excuse.
And for others still, it's an excuse to do too little.
I don't offer this as an excuse, but rather an explanation.
Learning that North Koreans love the movie gave them an excuse.
Those brackets give you an excuse to have some fun together.
It is not an excuse for climate denial or ecological hooliganism.
I'd try to make plans, and he always had an excuse.
You don't have to make up an excuse, it doesn't matter.
"An injury is never an excuse," he said through an interpreter.
"They are mistaken by using this as an excuse," he said.
"Boys will be boys" is not an excuse for bad behavior.
An excuse to hit every junk store on the Eastern Seaboard.
Now, all you need is an excuse to leave work early.
This does not mean inflexibility or an excuse to be lazy.
Sen. Alexander: "Well, the bottom line, it's not an excuse." pic.twitter.
You just want to make an excuse to be a whore.
I knew I had to stop, but I had an excuse.
But we're into now so it's not much of an excuse.
How do you know when you're being used as an excuse?
More importantly, people are looking for an excuse to take profits.
"(The blisters are) not an excuse," he said through a translator.
Want an excuse to break out your favorite pair of joggers?
The war was simply used as an excuse by the regime.
And protective orders have become an excuse for secrecy beyond discovery.
It's an excuse to talk to every private B2B SaaS founder.
No priest has an excuse for any type of sexual touching.
Hygge is more than just an excuse to hibernate or redecorate.
Using loneliness as an excuse for binge drinking is just pathetic.
Rather than remorse, it offers his allies and supporters an excuse.
Do I have an excuse to eat excessive amounts of paczki?
I used this as an excuse not to save for retirement.
Executive privilege is an excuse for presidents not to answer questions.
It's never been an excuse for Congress not to ask them.
Hence, they were just using Tariffs/Trade War as an excuse.
Then the fashion maven makes an excuse for her casual get-up.
This also gives her an excuse to search for her nonexistent unicorns.
The mix-up just gives us an excuse to watch this again ...
Give your mom an excuse to soak in the tub for hours.
But few investors used it as an excuse to sell the greenback.
When we pick people up there they don't really have an excuse.
"Yeah, it was an excuse to go," Allen sheepishly concedes to PEOPLE.
Being mentally ill is not an excuse to act like a jackass.
Such laws also provide an excuse for autocrats to censor their critics.
Consider it an excuse to pick up a new pair of shades.
"We sometimes get used as an excuse in this process," he added.
"There was always an excuse and we would never meet," she says.
It's all too easy to use sky-high rent as an excuse.
But it may also provide an excuse to slash the labour force.
But Apple doesn't have much of an excuse for leaving out Netflix.
After the protests, however, it provided an excuse for a larger assault.
Don't use an attack on my community as an excuse for Islamophobia.
Or maybe you don't need an excuse to get out of town.
You now have an excuse to open presents before the actual holiday.
New Hampshire There is no early voting and absentee requires an excuse.
New York There is no early voting and absentee requires an excuse.
Rhode Island There is no early voting and absentee requires an excuse.
South Carolina There is no early voting and absentee requires an excuse.
I use this as an excuse to visit that striking ringed planet.
What's more, it's become an excuse for terrible and sometimes dangerous behavior.
If you need an excuse to book a vacation, that works too.
Humility will no longer be used as an excuse to remain silent.
An excuse to check out a landmark you've seen a million times.
" In short, Alec added, it's an "excuse to have cake and wine.
If you need an excuse to drink wine we've got your back.
It's about finding an excuse to ignore the voices of marginalized people.
I'm just looking for an excuse to use my model paint set.
It starts limiting you without you even knowing because it's an excuse.
For many, a lack of willpower is an excuse for giving up.
Candidates have often used debates as an excuse to attack their opponents.
Ambiguity in the law also gives potential registrants an excuse for noncompliance.
I gave an excuse, collected myself, then went to receive my award.
" In a statement, Overn explains, "Tradition has become an excuse for misconduct.
It was methodical and badly played which is also not an excuse.
I honestly believe this was a front, an excuse to hurt people.
No matter how bad the hack is, companies always have an excuse.
None of this should be taken as an excuse for Mr. Trump.
A curse, for me, is an excuse, looking for a way out.
" This isn't just an excuse for bald-faced objectification â€" goodness, no.
I also thought that he might find an excuse for dismissing me.
We were reckless and eager for an excuse to bust some heads.
It happened in Norway, and they didn't have an excuse for it.
"Our first restaurant was basically an excuse to be together," he says.
Although that doesn't give brands an excuse to not pick Asian models.
And I used that as an excuse to do whatever I wanted.
Have you ever used your missing leg as an excuse for anything?
I feel like we always have an excuse to not do things.
I'm not using this as an excuse not to answer your questions.
Voters in Delaware typically need an excuse to cast an absentee ballot.
Indiana typically requires an excuse to vote via mail-in absentee ballots.
That's not an excuse, it just wasn't a tech company to us.
It gives both an excuse to exchange news on the other's life.
Asperger's became a fear, a phantom, and most of all an excuse.
Everybody had an excuse to say, 'We're not going to sit down.
Stay for exactly an hour before we find an excuse to leave.
People accepted "I am in 22019" as an excuse to varying degrees.
But the inadequacy of net zero is not an excuse for inaction.
I really no longer have an excuse for dehydration or smudged glasses.
"The yoga," she said, "is just an excuse for the refreshments afterward."
The election could be giving traders an excuse to act on them.
This new bill is not a reason, but an excuse, to clamor.
For parents, Halloween is essentially an excuse to steal candy from children.
With the new pregnancy as an excuse, the task fell to me.
It sounds like an excuse, but it's the only consolation I have.
But that's not an excuse or a good example for young fans.
He tries to find an excuse, somewhere to let out that rage.
Reed, whose E.R.A. is 3.51, refused to use that as an excuse.
"But everybody does it" is an excuse we learn in grade school.
Going to dinner because I needed an excuse to wear this pic.twitter.
We at KidsPost believe every day is an excuse to celebrate something.
This process cannot be used as an excuse to scrap the deal.
US complacency could easily be used as an excuse to reduce investment.
Nor should we consider their positive contributions an excuse for ethics failure.
No. But have I been looking for an excuse to wear these?
Finally, an excuse to publish my Sonic x Marshal Mcluhan slash fiction.
"We give them an excuse to do something outside," Ms. Graceffa said.
It's not actually an excuse, since he's not actually working on it himself.
Still, it's as good an excuse as any to fix your bad passwords.
But China, the EU and the others argue that is just an excuse.
" MSNBC host Craig Melvin interrupted her to say, "But that's not an excuse.
The rest of us use vacation as an excuse not to work out.
Ignorance should never be an excuse, but now more than ever, it isn't.
I was using my job as an excuse to validate my unnecessary shopping.
It hasn't ruined everybody, and isn't an excuse for anybody's poor performance, necessarily.
The president says they&aposre using that as an excuse, they&aposre lying.
The foreign ministry has used the violence as an excuse to attack NGOs.
And it gives me an excuse to post photos from my Japan trip.
Maybe you could characterize it as an excuse, but it was the truth.
His lawyer, Geert-Jan Knoops, says this is an excuse for political repression.
"They may be calling it out as an excuse for underperformance," Johnson said.
If nothing else, it'll give you an excuse to sample a new flavor.
Life Lesson #2: Amnesia is not an excuse for cheating on your wife.
And when that happens, they'll use it as an excuse for their outrage.
Both Persky and the survivor said alcohol was a factor, not an excuse.
"I believe she's an excuse person and I stand by that," she said.
An "excuse me?" rings out, hitting me like cold water down my collar.
It should think hard before offering Mr Trump an excuse to jettison it.
Other big operators might use the grounding as an excuse for trimming commitments.
They give paranoid regimes an excuse to crack down on local religious minorities.
So, he was looking for an excuse to send our friend Tia home.
They've finally come to iOS now, so I have that as an excuse.
She eventually uses this as an excuse to storm out, despite Kim's pleading.
Does that mean we don't have an excuse to skip tomorrow's early-a.m.
It'll give you both an excuse to celebrate Valentine's Day all year long.
They lost an election and they came up with this as an excuse.
So I don't want to point to that or make it an excuse.
But let's be honest: Nathan just wants an excuse to talk to Meredith.
The players wouldn't use the travel as an excuse for Saturday's slow start.
In the workplace, it is used as an excuse to limit career advancement.
She has Madeline pick up Ziggy from school using work as an excuse.
It is a small gesture -- an excuse to engage with the people here.
F*** it, I'll make an excuse and tell them I'll be back shortly.
The calendar should not be an excuse for hasty action on cable boxes.
They are a platform, an excuse, an opportunity to connect and disconnect simultaneously.
Sure, he got injured and missed some matches, but that's not an excuse.
Whose voice is being silenced using tradition and the establishment as an excuse?
Trump has called the investigation an "excuse" by Democrats for losing the election.
These robots are an excuse to get more people involved, rather than less.
"I'd just use to as an excuse to talk to him!" he jokes.
Please, stop using my dad as an excuse to hate the new Ghostbusters.
It's to give them an excuse to berate somebody other than Donald Trump.
It was just waiting for an excuse to go after Mr Kuczynski himself.
Yep, because you guys just want an excuse to laugh at Asian accents.
"Being poor is not an excuse to look like you are," she says.
And don't use it as an excuse to put off saving for retirement.
" He added, "It's not an excuse, it's just a reality in that area.
We should work for a real peace, not just an excuse to withdraw.
Denino used the game as an excuse to get out of the house.
I think WB just wanted an excuse to use the "Shining" soundtrack again.
I can't sleep anymore, because that's not true, and it's not an excuse.
I'm feeling a bit weak and exhausted, but this is not an excuse.
"It was an excuse to paint the state of mind of the artist."
Best of all: Now he can't use "but dogs shed!" as an excuse.
"We just don't want to give them an excuse to," the official said.
"I, personally, think you're using the demon as an excuse," the detective said.
Plus, it'll give you an excuse to step outside and feel the sun.
"So don't use our grief as an excuse to harass people," they wrote.
Crawford "gave them an excuse if a case was too difficult," she said.
"We're creatures of want," Gordon shouts as an excuse for his poor choices.
Is Laoghaire's anger meant to be an excuse for Jamie not to apologize?
"I think my dad used me as an excuse for collecting," Nicholas said.
I really didn't like her much, so I used that as an excuse.
The conversation is an excuse to think about what qualities we're listening for.
Like you needed an excuse to reach for a second cup of java.
It's definitely tempting to use Black Friday as an excuse to treat yourself.
"History can be used as an explanation, not an excuse," the psychologist said.
Too often it has served as an excuse for costly and unnecessary wars.
"Events give you an excuse to talk to each other," Ms. Sanghvi said.
He's avoiding qualifying for the debates and using the DNC as an excuse.
"He gave us an excuse to take a shot," the former official said.
The line is long but this gives me an excuse to people-watch.
While Ambien clearly can cause some changes, it's not an excuse for everything.
Hammond's unguarded remarks gave the hardliners an excuse to launch their latest rising.
But they give the government an excuse to blame someone other than itself.
This traveling gloat-fest is an excuse for more of the Trump narcotic.
So you talk about them as an excuse or substitute for doing something.
And North Korean officials use Trump's bombast as an excuse for their own.
Being a photographer is an excuse to invite myself inside and look around.
The problem is that has come to be an excuse for everything else.
But really, it was an excuse for us all to get extremely lit.
And besides, now you have an excuse to use your fancy new cheeseboard!
President Vladimir Putin of Russia may indeed be looking for an excuse to pay Turkey back for shooting down a Russian jet that strayed into Turkish airspace in November, but Mr. Erdogan should resist giving him an excuse to do so.
Instead, it's been about trying to give so-called moderate or suburban Republicans an excuse to vote for him—renouncing birtherism, in this light, is an attempt to take away an excuse for these voters not to vote for him.
Activists accuse Lebanese politicians of using regional upheaval as an excuse to dodge elections.
Sounds like as good an excuse as any to vote, call your senators, etc. 
The behavior toward a righty is an excuse because after all, you are bad.
Batman's never been one to turn down an excuse for a sweet new ride.
Revolution is hard, and that's not an excuse not to participate in your community.
There is always an excuse for passivity, a reason not to care or confront.
Critics have said he may use the insecurity as an excuse to delay elections.
If anything, a new suitcase will give mom an excuse to come visit you.
Bathtub tray Give your mom an excuse to soak in the tub for hours.
"Just because someone has a problem doesn't give you an excuse to give up."
But I wanted an excuse to ask people how they made their lives better.
"They have used the subject of the public adjusters as an excuse," he said.
Ideally, people would use the event as an excuse to meet up in person.
It cited "suspicions of corruption" but the east said this was just an excuse.
But too often it is used as an excuse not to teach difficult kids.
Armistice Day is in danger of becoming an excuse for furore, rather than reflection.
He will simply "find some kind of an excuse" to absolve himself of blame.
Since the crisis, banks have not needed an excuse to be bureaucratic or timid.
But Hurricane Harvey has raged through 2017 and ignorance is no longer an excuse.
Can religious beliefs or freedom of speech ever be an excuse to deny service?
They are using Nusra as an excuse, but nobody thinks this is about Nusra.
If tin needed an excuse to rally, it wouldn't have to search too hard.
I would find an excuse not to wear my dress blues, which were female.
But using the remaining 680 seeds as an excuse, he returned to BoTW determined.
Later, McCullough will use Fantasy Inmate as an excuse to rough Ruiz's room up.
Opposition leaders accuse the government of using militancy as an excuse to stifle dissent.
He could have made an excuse and said he couldn't allow him to help.
"The yoga," she told the newspaper, "is just an excuse for the refreshments afterward."
It's just an excuse for the greatest loss in the history of American politics.
"I'm just looking forward to going and having an excuse to dress up fancy."
Oh, I don't even want to run commentary on that... much less an excuse.
I think they enjoy causing people pain and "social justice" gives them an excuse.
A trigger warning is not an excuse to avoid emotionally or ideologically difficult material.
She's spoke about it more in times when she uses it as an excuse.
Soon radios gave an excuse to stay inside, then the TV, Kachur told me.
Those deficits will be used as an excuse to cut back on important investments.
Let's use this year's draft as an excuse to bring back the number zero.
Zverev did not use the power failure as an excuse for his slow start.
This effort is a transparent attempt to manufacture an excuse to defang the CFPB.
That mantra usually works as an excuse for hoarding '80s clothes in the attic.
I'm against this sort of behavior and i don't have an excuse for it.
Journalists being journalists, the phishing scam became an excuse to post meme upon meme.
Mostly though, wassailing is an excuse to sing, drink, and make merry in January.
"Remember, all the party wanted was an excuse to pass voter restrictions," Bee said.
But partly, also, I was an excuse for people who didn't like Olivia Records.
Mr Sanders would have lost his last shred of an excuse for fighting on.
Or is that just an excuse you make because it's better than being ignored?
Holler says the candidates shouldn't use infrastructure as an excuse for more federal spending.
"Our leadership is using this as an excuse to close down the process," Rep.
"Religious liberty" has become an excuse for attempts to restrict abortion and LGBTQ rights.
"Mullins said, 'You're just looking for an excuse to be offended,' " according to Cárdenas.
And if you ask us, this is an excuse to stock up on both.
Mr. Kerry said that some businesses were misusing the United States as an excuse.
He cited arms sales deals that are, so far, mainly fantasy as an excuse.
So your friends flaking will no longer be an excuse not to go out!
New Orleans—the failures of the government were used as an excuse to turn
One had an excuse: the night before the hearing Ms Mwilu's bodyguard was shot.
Leroy Comrie (D) introduced legislation to allow voting by absentee ballot without an excuse.
People are using the election as an excuse to discriminate against each other openly.
Everyone here — ally or enemy — has an agenda, a motive, a secret, an excuse.
"They were just looking for an excuse to pull the Atlantic out," he said.
The couple stared at Cindy, jaws dropped, then found an excuse to wander away.
This seemed merely an excuse to stick another gross-out scene in Sam's plotline.
Pavelski didn't want to use fatigue or a key missing regular as an excuse.
Every song is an excuse for Big Freedia to explode into a bounce beat.
The workers I met seemed happy enough with an excuse for some time off.
Regardless, it's as good an excuse as any to get lost in some music.
Don't use this as an excuse not to get a shot altogether this winter.
Now we wait to see whether they think fair use is just an excuse.
Seems like as good an excuse as any to get lifted this weekend, right?
"I am not going to use that as an excuse at all," Hoyer said.
He said it was too dangerous to visit her, an excuse that raises questions.
But a nonabusive man doesn't use his past as an excuse to mistreat you.
That's charitable, but sometimes charity is an excuse for irresponsible and self-serving behavior.
Use the news about SoundCloud as an excuse to get your shit in order.
Mercer began to withdraw, using her new job as an excuse to isolate herself.
Every hospital visit was an excuse to work my way back up the ranks.
Now came the shame: coming up with an excuse to bail on the party.
Like the Marxists of old, they can always find an excuse for past failures.
But Mr. Luber said the business wasn't just an excuse to play with sneakers.
Many have accused Erdogan of using the dragnet as an excuse to purge opponents.
Some Venezuelans suspect he's a government plant, furnishing an excuse for its harsh tactics.
Thus far, the U.S. has not given China an excuse to threaten financial warfare.
Claiming ignorance of the risks associated with Iran is longer an excuse for either.
Or maybe they just wanted an excuse to invite him to the awards party.
"Just talking about what led up to it is just an excuse," Allen said.
"Everyone here had an excuse for why they hadn't left yet," Ms. Howard said.
Miller believes Turner has used his alcohol consumption as an excuse for his behavior.
I'm definitely using this as an excuse to say I danced with J.J. Abrams.
Off-court attire became an excuse to dress up, be creative, and express yourself.
It's an excuse to get out of the city and do some cool things.
That effort could not be used as an excuse to wipe out our democracy.
For teen designer Shami Oshun, it was just an excuse to make something cool.
" Ms. Ofran called the justification based on low numbers of Palestinian submissions "an excuse.
But we use this as an excuse to stare at their private lives anyway.
The anti-ISIS fight gives Moscow an excuse to intervene in the conflict there.
At home, gangs use Khalil's death as an excuse to expand their turf wars.
Or it can just be an excuse to post more pictures of cats on Twitter.
Mr Trump accused it of using tariffs as an excuse to move jobs outside America.
Late night comedians also used the executive order as an excuse to mock the president.
I have since learned it's not an excuse, in the office – or out of it.
Ignorance is an excuse in which one chooses dirt over water, while complaining they're thirsty.
"I don't want Ice911 to be an excuse for building another coal mine," she said.
"The president's view is you have even less of an excuse now," said one official.
Plus, I relish an excuse to get out of the office and stretch my legs.
Critics have called him out on using bone spurs as an excuse to avoid war.
"Rob shouldn't use these insecurities about his weight as an excuse," she told her friend.
Unsurprisingly, Kylie Jenner doesn't use bad weather as an excuse to skimp on a look.
Or was it an excuse to express dissatisfaction with the results of the presidential election?
Many used it as an excuse to ask the age-old question: Why so serious?
Not that the 43-year-old actually needs an excuse to show off her physique.
What begins as an excuse to make some fictional money turns into, fittingly, a game.
Cocktail Sipper - Shop The Look You live for an excuse to get all dolled up.
"I haven't faced a lot of these guys, but it's not an excuse," Montero said.
"No guy will use the short turnaround from Game 210 as an excuse," Thompson said.
Many are little more than an excuse for government ministers to stage a photo-op.
But it has also used the war on terrorism as an excuse to silence critics.
Another contestant used the show as an excuse to finally lose her bikini wax virginity.
Pi Day is the best because it's an excuse to eat a ton of pie.
It's awkward, they find other friends and make up an excuse to leave you, too.
Mostly, it seems to be an excuse to set an action movie in a jungle.
Once again, he got explicitly sexual, and McAdams managed to make an excuse and leave.
But whether Barr's tweets about Ambien are an "explanation" or an "excuse" doesn't really matter.
Stoyanovich says this is an "excuse," and there are ways to make the information available.
Importantly, the letter is not an excuse to lambast Portnow, but a demand for action.
But using fearmongering as an excuse to completely dismantle the lottery does not do that.
Wallowing in the past has become an excuse to avoid the rigours of the future.
Shame on him for throwing that out there as an excuse to act like this.
Donald Trump already has an excuse if he loses the election in November: It's rigged.
"It's not an excuse and he's not making excuses," Michigan coach John Beilein told reporters.
They would have still had something to talk about, and an excuse to do it.
Take this fresh chapter as an excuse to pick up a new skill (or two).
A homeless man berating us gives me an excuse to bail, so I head home.
"I haven't been doing this for long," Mr Zahid said, by way of an excuse.
So on the plus side, you'll never have an excuse to be bored ever again.
Making this film was kind of an excuse for me to say hi to them.
But for Mr Malazogu, all this is just an excuse for the government's flat-footedness.
Yes. Being in love with someone is not an excuse to be mean to her!
"'Locker room talk'" is not an excuse because this is not limited to athletic teams.
A Halloween parade, normally an excuse to wear showy costumes, became a display of defiance.
When Pakistan balked at withdrawing, India used this as an excuse to avoid a vote.
Meet the Feebles isn't just an excuse to show puppets having sex and doing drugs.
It's an excuse that deflects from the question itself: whether and how to regulate Facebook.
But they also didn't use popularity as an excuse to start taking themselves too seriously.
Do you think they might find an excuse to arrest you, regardless of the law?
In several stories, the lockdown is used as an excuse for a romantic meet-cute.
"They've lost an election and they came up with this as an excuse," Trump said.
Let's note that his flimsy excuse isn't really an excuse for his behavior at all.
This may seem like a weak attempt at an excuse, but Mandaric assures people otherwise.
The insidious part of the disease was that I almost used it as an excuse.
After scarfing down his meal, he makes an excuse to step away for a bit.
I was hoping I would get injured so I would have an excuse to quit.
And of using his alcoholism as an excuse for ruining the career she really wants.
I bet you're gonna say an excuse like that" --- Carter: "Do you have the generator?
Ronnie is just an excuse for Max Greenfield to flex his character-acting muscles, right?
Don't give studios an excuse not to green-light movies made by and about women.
Franklin has an excuse for that, too—his opponents are hurting him with negative recruiting.
"This is in no way an excuse for this senseless and vicious attack," they said.
Not as an excuse but as an explanation, we don't typically sell cases of water.
And when the end came, it wasn't an excuse to conveniently shuffle certain actors offstage.
I never made an excuse for myself, but just had to keep chopping down wood.
The only thing my dad really did was give me an excuse to be nuts.
"They're hanging on any good news they can as an excuse to buy," said Keon.
"You almost have an excuse not to rebuild back to the prior peak," said Holt.
I have since learned it's not an excuse, in the office - or out of it.
Many people have spoken out against Brock using drinking as an excuse for sexual assault.
It's to give them an excuse for polls that might not be in his favor.
White women's safety has long been used as an excuse and a vehicle for oppression.
I'm the last person who needs an excuse to get up and be more active.
" Andrew Plumbly, a Humane Society International campaigner, said, "Culture is never an excuse for cruelty.
But that's also just an excuse to slice, dice, shoot, impale and blow up stuff.
Certainly not – the large uncertainty of climate projections should not be an excuse for inaction.
Executives use it as an excuse for not doing the things they should be doing.
The government is using this as an excuse to flush out dissent across the board.
This stuff was very common, men using racial oppression as an excuse to oppress women.
But the danger here would be to use that as too much of an excuse.
There is never an excuse for condoning violence, or even a culture that presupposes it.
There is nothing to complain about and we will not use it as an excuse.
"The physical issue was not an excuse at all," he said, according to the BBC.
The Piper's pilot and owner was a lawyer who liked having an excuse to fly.
"I have a sickness, but I do not have an excuse," he said in May.
"Similarly, the economic situation cannot be used as an excuse," he told a regular briefing.
"It's an excuse to take some profits," said Kenneth Broux, an analyst at Societe Generale.
Heidi Montag isn't using her pregnancy as an excuse to slack on her exercise routine.
But that possibility should not be an excuse against taking sensible steps to reduce waste.
"They use hunting and fishing for an excuse for our changes in monuments," he said.
Just please give me an excuse to get up and go to the bar instead.
Conversely, being intoxicated in not an excuse for failing to secure consent to sexual activity.
Two reasons: One, I've wanted an excuse to go there since it opened last fall.
But they always bring up the escapes as an excuse not to grant me leave.
"This case is about an excuse," said Oracle lawyer Peter Bicks in his closing arguments.
But traffic will not be an excuse for missing a tee time and getting disqualified.
Every generation I've lived through, there has been an excuse for taking away civil liberties.
It wasn't an excuse, but an explanation that could serve as the basis for change.
The need to be re-elected can too easily become an excuse not to act.
U.S. banks I feel are just a bit extended and this is just an excuse.
I'm a young man, but it's not an excuse for making a really stupid decision.
It's never an easy play when you leave your feet, but it's not an excuse.
"The idea that art is an excuse for not engaging," he said, "is utterly ridiculous."
Rather, the right has leapt on that issue as an excuse for pushing its beliefs.
And now it's sort of, it's so hard, and that's not really an excuse anymore.
It's not an excuse, but rape culture and misogyny are in the air we breathe.
But it was also an excuse to learn about a technology I only dimly understood.
Security should not be an excuse to exploit or hold visitor data longer than required.
Nobody wants to hear an excuse so ... just get on with it and go play.
The crisis offers Beijing an excuse to settle the matter, by publishing the real proportions.
More data is an excuse to do nothing but keep feeding us corporately sponsored disease.
It felt at the time like he was building an excuse for when he lost.
But maybe I was just a coward using opposition to the war as an excuse.
If you don't care about sports, it's an excuse to make a greasy appetizer anyway.
It is not an excuse to resurrect the dangerous illusion of an idealized civil Charlottesville.
As usual, she uses the genre exercise as an excuse to let loose and sing.
I'm not telling you all this as an excuse for what I'm about to do.
"It's just an excuse to prevent evidence, damning evidence, from reaching the public," he said.
"Nixon did it," never much of an excuse for a president, thus doesn't work here.
On the other hand, it's not like these findings are an excuse not to try.
I think it's just laziness on people's part that they use that as an excuse.
Let's not use poverty as an excuse for not educating our most vulnerable—and promising—students.
Editorial "Everybody does it," is an excuse expected from a mischievous child, not a presidential candidate.
Liziane Gutierrez has World Cup fever ... not that she needs an excuse to rock a bikini.
It's mostly an excuse for characters to indulge in campy performances and expose their sick abs.
Meanwhile, Lily is also taking her tropical getaway as an excuse to up her Instagram game.
"This is in no way an excuse for this senseless and vicious attack," the family said.
"And the current vice president uses religious freedom as an excuse to license discrimination," he continued.
I'm happy for an excuse to go to bed early, so we both start winding down.
I'm a bit hesitant to share financial information with family relations, so I make an excuse.
His tactics teach others how to find an excuse for these actions: by citing national security.
And don't use this as an excuse to start your own fishy bootlegging operation, he said.
But opponents say the fight against Gulen is an excuse for Erdogan to tighten his grip.
"I have an excuse to be doing nothing," Mishler said, referring to his wait in line.
Normally, I'd push back things like studying and laundry, but I no longer had an excuse.
Demonstrators, however, were largely peaceful and careful not to give authorities an excuse to respond violently.
It's not an excuse; hopefully it won't happen again ... I accept full accountability for the situation.
Jorge Soler then got an "excuse-me" double against the shift that barely left the infield.
As Gucci's Michele said in his statement, "ignorance is not an excuse," but neither is intolerance.
I'll be upfront: I've been looking for an excuse to write about Schitt's Creek all season.
But it is not an excuse for the press to silence victims, to never interrogate allegations.
That such an excuse is tenable at the moment reflects the deficiencies of current monitoring arrangements.
Others have complained that it would give Congress an excuse to continue postponing action on encryption.
When I started at The Verge in 2014, I needed an excuse to learn about technology.
She had to get surgery and used her recovery as an excuse not to see him.
People sat around in the James Turrell room as an excuse to get off their feet.
" The product description for Extra Absorbent notes, "There's no longer an excuse to use paper towels.
If you can't afford to stay at the W, you don't have to make an excuse.
I played the crappy Acclaim games because it was an excuse to indulge in South Park.
" Biden said Vice President Mike Pence was using religious freedom as an "excuse to license discrimination.
If you ever needed an excuse to not be a vicious online troll, this is it.
Yet this hasn't stopped Republican politicians from using fraud as an excuse to push restrictive laws.
Or you might sign up for a race just as an excuse to log miles regularly.
To be sure: None of this is an excuse to stop protecting yourself or your employees.
Nothing like a summer holiday weekend for an excuse to spend a day in the water.
"We had injuries, yes, but Jason doesn't want to use that as an excuse," said Jones.
And I had them, and I was kicking the can and using work as an excuse.
It's citing the b5 exemption, an excuse used by government regulators to avoid releasing public documents.
Fireworks, dinner, the president's address: everything seems to be an excuse to set up a committee.
It's not just an excuse for me to get drunk and get a free chicken dinner.
Because when else will I have an excuse to wear a braided updo to the park?
That's not particularly useful in this context and it's kind of an excuse on that side.
That was merely an excuse to intensify and complete a process that had begun in 1959.
This helped to fuel the idea of St Patrick's Day as an excuse for a party.
After all, who doesn't love an excuse to whip out outré hues and vials of glitter?
I also use the start of the school year as an excuse to update my wardrobe.
Political deadlock might even give the army an excuse to call off the restoration of democracy.
I like that everybody eats you, and most people don't even try to make an excuse.
You are not doing any favor by letting someone use lack of money as an excuse.
And while we don't need an excuse to make guac, Super Bowl Sunday basically requires it.
This gives Australians an excuse to say #MeToo is really an issue for Americans, not us.
Fortunately, it's largely an excuse to keep March and Healy urgently moving between settings and fights.
But to recall parliament early Turnbull must bring forward the May 10 budget as an excuse.
That's not an excuse for anything that was said, but it's been around for a while.
If you have an excuse to meet the people you want to meet, go for it.
Price: $3.99 Availability: iOS Now you don't have an excuse to not get out of bed.
But really, all of this is just an excuse so I can post the video below.
But a hackish enough Trump Justice appointee could cite them as an excuse for the firing.
There's no way to clean that up, there's no way to make an excuse for it.
I made up an excuse to Ganna, travelled into Vienna overnight and went to the consulate.
Maduro's critics say it was an excuse for him to consolidate power and muzzle the opposition.
Fair play Scuzz, thanks for giving me an excuse to practice big jumps in the lounge.
I pleaded with him to find work closer to me, but he always had an excuse.
He further has blamed an opposition-led "economic war," though critics deride that as an excuse.
But this broader lack of diversity is not an excuse for our own representation of women.
It's just an excuse on which to hang two trite overbearing fables and one amusing one.
It also appeals to shy people, giving them an excuse to meet and connect with others.
Trump is taking it a step further: He's using them as an excuse not to concede.
These civil wars gave the military an excuse to seize power, which it did, in 1962.
However, this is not an excuse to power ahead and wait for post-facto scientific analysis.
You say you're worried about disturbing the rest of his semester; could that be an excuse?
But not having access to a 401(k) at work isn't an excuse to not save.
The movie depicts Cheney's embrace of it simply as an excuse for a personal power grab.
"This is in no way an excuse for this senseless and vicious attack," the statement said.
It's critical to the business, and you can't use fast growth as an excuse for sloppiness.
You can use Halloween as an excuse to wear your favorite pair of Mickey Mouse ears.
Now, as an excuse, he attacks the president by blaming the "colonial" status of Puerto Rico.
Back then, costumes acted as protection, not just an excuse to show off your Pinterest skills.
It's not an excuse, but it took a lot more out of me than I realized.
Here's what the Senate could do: ■ Offer absentee ballots without demanding an excuse from the voter.
The whole "chick-flick" idea is an excuse for guys not to have to see something.
The president has slammed the probes as an "excuse" for Democrats' lost in the 2016 election.
But Kaag used the discovery of the library as an excuse to transform his own life.
Critics and activists accuse Lebanese politicians of using regional upheaval as an excuse to dodge elections.
Rocky (Jane Levy) is bad, but she has an excuse (a horrible mother and home life).
Youth or ignorance is not an excuse for such a critical, influential function in our society.
It wasn&apost about sort of using it as an excuse to put tariffs on anybody.
I even found an excuse to run errands so that I could be seen in public.
You don't use it as an excuse but we are playing 21 games in 20 days.
Use it as an excuse to get an iced latte and a peanut-butter-cup doughnut.
Trump is a hypocrite and is using this as an excuse to justify any hawkish behavior.
NO, I DON'T THINK THAT SHOULD BE AN EXCUSE FOR ADDITIONAL REGULATION ON THE BITCOIN EXCHANGES.
The plague, for these people, is either an excuse to flee or an opportunity to exploit.
"We're young men, but it's not an excuse for making a really stupid decision," Ball said.
Many South Africans, black and white, would regard this argument as an excuse for the intolerable.
The low turnout was used as an excuse by Le Pen for her party's poor showing.
This is probably not meant as an excuse, and seems to be more like a dodge.
It seems to me that the "she's not electable" excuse could be just that, an excuse.
The collection gives us an excuse to explore the grotesque and dare to call it beautiful.
Mr. Sessions said claiming a fear of return was an excuse to enter the country illegally.
When she felt nervous at parties or bars, cigarettes gave her an excuse to step outside.
Trump also said badly managed companies are using tariffs as an excuse for their businesses struggles.
His drunkenness, if true, is not an excuse for his behavior but may explain his denial.
The Botanical Gardens can be an excuse for visiting Torvehallerne, a foodie emporium at Frederiksborggade 21.
While having a child might be an excuse for profound self-absorption, Nickerson's gaze turns outward.
When you have these phrases ready, you don't have to waste time wavering over an excuse.
It also means, however, that poor turnout is not an excuse for Republicans in this race.
Will Ellie's homosexuality be used in the plot for anything more than an excuse for violence?
I had an excuse to stop and rest — something mourners don't often allow themselves to do.
That's not what the scientists say, and it's an excuse to give up instead of trying.
HOUSTON — Looking for an excuse to pack up the car for a road trip this weekend?
But I won't let you use it as an excuse to hound your former colleague, either.
" The congressman added: "They didn't have an excuse to fire him, so they made it up.
"We can't use (the layoff between rounds) for an excuse," said Lightning star Steven Stamkos postgame.
The presidential race isn't an excuse for inaction; it's another urgent reason to pass an AUMF.
The journalism school temporarily shuttered its program in response, citing World War II as an excuse.
He said the bank was using a mundane internal dispute as an excuse to fire him.
If you are using "difficult to pronounce" as an excuse, it means you're lazy or unwilling.
"Disgusted, Ms. Huddy came up with an excuse and hung up the phone," the letter said.
Indeed, a failure only remains so if it is used as an excuse to give up.
She put down the bat, made up an excuse to leave and ran out the door.
"The frenzy of collective remembering supplies an excuse briefly to forget everything else," said Mr. Johnston.
"The frenzy of collective remembering supplies an excuse briefly to forget everything else," said Mr. Johnston.
BAKER: Right, your point is that Democrats are trying to use this as an excuse, fine.
Some are an excuse to mess with physics and others are semi-serious role playing experiences.
I bang on that drum all the time, but it's often used as an excuse, sometimes.
Not that I'm saying that alcohol is an excuse, it isn't, especially the actions I took.
Mythology was an excuse to use the image of a naked woman and call it art.
So hey, use it as an excuse to head outside and look up for a little while.
In fact, they gave Cuba's government an excuse not to open the economy or hold free elections.
I believe firmly that culture should never be accepted as an excuse for the oppression of women.
Daisy and Lincoln's training is mostly an excuse to crank up the sexual tension between the two.
Burning Man is typically an excuse to forgo cell phones and spend a week off the grid.
And the fact that she's turning 40 gives us an excuse to celebrate all the reasons why.
"I realized quickly I had in fact only been socializing as an excuse to drink," he explains.
But heavy work loads can't be an excuse for this type of error, other Times journalists said.
Many investors have been hoping for the Fed to find an excuse to ease off that plan.
Nissan "twisted the truth because they needed an excuse to put him in detention," said Carole Ghosn.
This is just an excuse so you don't have to put yourself out there and get rejected.
Sometimes I wanna grill shit just so I have an excuse to start a fire with mine.
"They don't need an excuse," Green said of Biden voters, citing Warren's recent rise in the polls.
If you have a Chromebook, you may no longer have an excuse to ignore your friends' texts.
As a bonus, they'll no longer have a dead phone as an excuse for ignoring your texts.
This isn't an excuse to skimp on a phone case (make sure to protect those tiny computers!).
It was a weird little product that mostly seemed like an excuse to continue the iPod line.
What the story does do, though, is provide an excuse to bring all of these characters together.
Yet the "death positive" movement is not an excuse for medicine to remain stuck in its ways.
With his new job, he'll finally have an excuse to gush about the team all he wants.
It also gives me an excuse to revive "playing in band" as part of my Personal Brand.
And, if you're looking for an excuse to be extra lazy this July, now you have it.
At least one company, Israel's Pluristem, is using Trump's tweets as an excuse to plug its products.
The three-hour CBS version more explicitly frames the abuse as an excuse concocted for the trial.
Just an excuse for parents to get some viral content out of their adorable, drugged up children.
Try not to use the pressure of your impending marriage as an excuse to emotionally whip yourself.
We then see the child that Cal essentially used as an excuse to get on a lifeboat.
They…always have an excuse for not engaging in intimate relations; they are always 'tired' or 'sick'.
I took him to the cafeteria and made awkward conversation until I faked an excuse and left.
"Even a child knows that 'Billy did it too' isn't an excuse for bad behavior," Francis said.
Of course, being flexible and open to opportunities is not an excuse for being disorganized and irresponsible.
Don't give the police an excuse to come after you because there are some officers who will.
Or was this an excuse to eat guac on the beach for four weeks with some friends?
ADULTS take the adage "Christmas comes but once a year" as an excuse to splurge on gifts.
I'm kind of annoyed, but decide to use it as an excuse to do my grocery shopping.
The thinking part seems like an excuse for laziness, but it's pretty much the most crucial stage.
But that has become an excuse to turn every political divide into a search for a crime.
You said that this mini-album was sort of an excuse to get that song out there.
Politicians fear that minor infringements of such rules will be used as an excuse for further disqualifications.
That's not exactly related to National Dessert Day, but this is as good an excuse as any.
They park haphazardly, so that when you scratch their cars they have an excuse to attack you.
The horses are just an excuse for the people to get out there and do their thing.
Autry made an excuse to leave his friend, saying he had to meet his girlfriend for lunch.
I declined again, and made as an excuse I had to return to Los Angeles for work.
Lawmakers often emphasize that the intensity of the rhetoric in Washington is not an excuse for violence.
And so we're going or – so, I think part of it is, again, it's not an excuse.
We have never needed an excuse to enjoy a glass or two of wine on the weekends.
This green bean salad is really just an excuse to get bacon on the dinner table, tbh.
Coming back to a new position, I realized I didn't need an "excuse" to leave on time.
There's always an excuse not to do something, whether it's your age, or a challenge you're facing.
I can tell them it means our ignorance is not an excuse and our intentions mean shit.
The RPF claim the plane was shot down by Hutus to provide an excuse for the genocide.
The world must unify in treating Trump as a pariah and not as an excuse for inaction.
I think it's a platform that they're using as an excuse to go become a global currency.
The "Being Fat Is Not Beautiful, It's An Excuse" style was directed at curvy model Paloma Elsesser.
The box jelly is significant, however, not just an excuse to put some glow on new sneakers.
For James, it's an excuse to finally finish the game he wanted to make back in '98.
That gives the president a bit of an excuse - and merits a big fat F for lawmakers.
Sooner or later, everyone will make an excuse, tell a lie, complain about the rules or cheat.
Mouratoglou said there was no injury, but either way, Williams refused to use it as an excuse.
"Calling it cheating is just an excuse for being picked off," a American League West prospect said.
The Israeli far Left should stop saying otherwise simply because they need an excuse for losing elections.
But it's not remotely an excuse for any Democratic supporters to equivocate on the subject of Weinstein.
But they should not use the Dow milestone as an excuse to alter their long-term plan.
We cannot let politicians use the protests as an excuse to back reactionary "law and order" measures.
It was just an excuse to spend the money to buy the materials to make the coat.
Step 2: GOP uses the deficit they created as an excuse to slash Social Security and Medicare.
This looks like pre-emptive face-saving, of course — getting an excuse ready if he loses badly.
Bonilla said after the game that he wouldn't use getting hit on the hand as an excuse.
Society has a rich history of people seizing on social evolution as an excuse for bad manners.
I used to think that the superfood label was simply an excuse to charge more for something.
"But that was an explanation, not an excuse because Su quickly said, "We have work to do.
I think it's just an excuse to pretty much take away what I did, in a way.
Which means you have an excuse to start stocking up — sans worrying about your bank account funds.
Lastly, who doesn't like an excuse to be gluttonous and have no one judge you for it?
Use Mercury retrograde as an excuse to slow down, save a conversation for later, and rethink things.
It's not an excuse at all but I do feel it comes down to those competing motives.
It's mostly an excuse to force ourselves into having a long conversation about something we both love.
Thirty-four states and the District of Columbia allow some form of early voting without an excuse.
"With Master Adnan as an excuse, extensive censorship coming for internet media," one news website headline warned.
Whatever it is, this weekend you'll finally have an excuse to stop procrastinating and finally hit reply.
They use it as an excuse to impose tariffs in ways that would otherwise violate trade rules.
Is this really all just an excuse to create a giant salmon cannon for fun and profit?
I spouted jargon from tough-love parenting manuals that gave me an excuse to stay in bed.
SEPINWALL You have an excuse to revisit one of the greatest and most influential shows ever made.
But some might fear it'll give the public an excuse to not go see art in person.
It's an excuse that strains credulity; ballistic-missile launchers do not look very much like drilling rigs.
I confess on behalf of many (perhaps most) Christians that prayer is often an excuse for inaction.
He claimed today it's all a hoax and an excuse created by Democrats for losing the election.
She gradually came to regard his Salafi dress and long beard as an excuse not to work.
The ceremony serves as an excuse for informal peace talks between Afghan politicians and 14 Taliban negotiators.
It definitely deserves a return trip — as if I needed an excuse to experience more Disney magic.
"I'm worried they will use the absenteeism as an excuse to shut the factory," Mr. Roell said.
The influence is extremely limited, and Trump uses it as an excuse to emphasize a bad thing.
Republicans are using this pandemic as an excuse to, among other things, bar women from reproductive choice.
Shawn Kennedy can't use ignorance as an excuse for dating a woman who lived in his building.
" He added, "The Turks are just using the P.K.K. as an excuse to make something against us.
One investor told CNBC on Thursday that the markets were already "looking for an excuse" to sell.
And how much of this is, this market has been looking for an excuse to pull back.
"We can't keep using that as an excuse, that the other team's pitcher was good," Maddon said.
But native families say those challenges have been used as an excuse for a lack of action.
We don't need an excuse to treat ourselves to a new vibrator every once in a while.
I know servers should be paid a living wage, but that's not an excuse to stiff them!
On this, Ms. Thunberg withheld her praise, warning that such initiatives were often an excuse for inaction.
"I just think [Trump] looking for an excuse for things that are not going well," she added.
When Kourtney declines her sisters' call and uses her kids as an excuse, Khloé is left speechless.
In that case, use this weekend as an excuse to leave those uncomfortable, sweltering days behind you.
"The Vietnamese government will use this as an excuse to suppress the labor movement," Ms. Hanh said.
Some Russia hawks are starting to wonder whether both issues are an excuse to buy time, however.
It's also an excuse to experiment with new hair color, like a citrine blonde or chestnut brown.
"In America, you almost need an excuse for knocking on a neighbor's door," Dr. Tang told me.
But really, the gym session was an excuse to put together the perfect playlist featuring — who else?
This insistence on her own ignorance was an excuse, and I didn't and still don't accept it.
For many years, a liberal, activist court served as an excuse and a shield for Israel's conservatives.
We feel it will be used as an excuse if we have a teacher that's lowkey racist.
Oops, I didn't mean to suggest what I suggested isn't an excuse a president gets to make.
But critics say the law has been used as an excuse to discriminate against the LGBTQ community.
What I was missing was having a drink as an excuse to shock myself with the bracelet.
"Sure, I'll go to the gym tomorrow," I'd say, but when tomorrow came, I'd find an excuse.
They crackle, but are just an excuse; the dipping sauce, a heady swirl of tamarind, is all.
Which was probably an excuse given to them by their lawyer so they don't get in trouble.
Erdogan "will use this crisis as an excuse to kill two birds with one stone," he said.
It's an excuse for people to get together in real life and not be on their phones.
"The court hearing was an excuse, this was a political act that achieved its goal," he said.
The Democrats made up and pushed the Russian story as an excuse for running a terrible campaign.
Borrowing much of what they've learned from Niantic's first game, Ingress, Pokémon Go is almost less of a game in its own right then it is, for lack of a better word, an excuse… but an excuse to do good things, instead of their faster/more convenient alternatives.
But for The Bachelorette, there isn't much of an excuse, at least in the case of Lincoln Adim.
But, the nocturnal exercise is just an excuse to go cruising for other gay men in the woods.
Thus, the other characters have an excuse to fill in the new character on what they don't know.
Although you probably don't need an excuse to spoil your pooch, we're always down for a silly holiday.
If we asked to talk to the kids, she would always make an excuse and blow it off.
Yes, you have more of an excuse to stay in on the weekends, but then you're, well, alone.
Our sons, all the young men in our lives need to be told: Alcohol is never an excuse.
"Don't let pregnancy become an excuse to just skip it," the creator of AKT in Motion tells PEOPLE.
Sian: They do go to see a bit of music but it's an excuse to just get wrecked.
And while you're thrilled — who doesn't love an excuse to drink eggnog and sample desserts with loved ones?
Is the hunt for fake news becoming an excuse to hunt and silence freedoms of opinion and expression?
There simply isn't an excuse for my language, and I acknowledge what I said was hurtful and offensive.
Judge Naomi Buchwald remained unconvinced, and said that the diagnosis was not an excuse for his past actions.
He'd find an excuse to delay every court hearing, drawing out the process, and push away my closure.
Fine, I'd give you an excuse pass if the food really was special-looking — like your wedding cake.
Anyone who says they basically live at the office now has an excuse to make that a reality.
But he said that far too many business executives use that struggle as an excuse to do nothing.
"I never had an excuse to not finish what I started," she tells the United Nations Foundation. 8.
I am not going to sit here and make that an excuse for what happened in the Euros.
"Sharia risk leading to an excuse for write-downs means sharia risk is now truly toxic," he said.
They throw up a smokescreen of busy-ness as an excuse for missing their deadlines and deflecting assignments.
"I think we can't use being young as an excuse anymore," Ingram said in a postgame television interview.
Lauren Conrad used the birth of son Liam in July as an excuse to send out Christmas cards.
But failure may give some European banks an excuse to put off adding extra equity or reducing risks.
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But the 22-year-old said she felt fine and dismissed that as an excuse after the race.
Diet culture teaches us we have to have an excuse to eat a certain thing, but you don't.
If you needed an excuse to bail on a wedding, giving birth would be a pretty airtight alibi.
Using "boys club" behavior as an excuse for being a predator is the definition of missing the point.
"This is all just an excuse to get money in their pockets," says a 75-year-old retiree.
"I don't think it's an excuse, but I don't think it was done knowingly and consciously," Chaiken continues.
Panicked, Xiaoshang quickly made up an excuse to stop the ride and got out of the car immediately.
Many Britons used the referendum as an excuse to deliver a one-fingered salute to their supposed betters.
Finally, we'll close with Tennyson, and not just as an excuse to link to a Hold Steady song.
Pratt later tweeted that Johnson wasn't "ready for drinking in Mexican heat" as an excuse for Johnson's ousting.
I apply some Aztec Healing mud mask and use it as an excuse to sit for a bit.
We shot the hell out of this phone, but ultimately just wanted an excuse to buy glitter. Enjoy!
He dominated the headlines and served as an excuse for Democrats to stand down on holding Trump accountable.
Benioff and Weiss are using exposition as an excuse to kill off as many characters as they can.
The phony..." "...Trump/russia story was an excuse used by the democrats as justification for losing the election.
He says he did this to avert bloodshed and deny Mr Hun Sen an excuse to crack down.
There's this impression that J'ouvert and other Carnival celebrations are just an excuse to show off your bodies.
We want to dredge up an excuse or mere doublespeak ("re-accommodating" for roughing up an elderly passenger).
" She adds: "We tried to get him three different times and they just kept giving us an excuse.
Have you ever used your agoraphobia as an excuse to do something you just didn't feel like doing?
But really, their interesting plots and compelling characters are just an excuse for showing off Italy's beautiful landscape.
The individual mandate is an excuse for the IRS to confiscate money owed to taxpayers via reducing refunds.
Many wonder if the United States does all of this deliberately, as an excuse to maintain troops there.
"I was worried that other countries might use it as an excuse to pull out themselves," Gore said.
He got Gary Sanchez to ground out with an excuse-me swing, stranding two baserunners in the sixth.
Is he A and he has just been using Nicole as an excuse to continue being puppet master?
The "Being Fat Is Not Beautiful, It's An Excuse" style was allegedly directed at curvy model Paloma Elsesser.
"Globalisation" has been used as an excuse to lower the living standards of the working and middle class.
He said that Stone called him asking for his help in creating an excuse for the suspicious tweet.
Although religion is sometimes used as an excuse, there is no religious obligation for girls to undergo FGM.
Mr Fifield says previous governments dallied, talking of a need for consensus "as an excuse not to act".
Yeah, all your friends would want to come over as an excuse to hang with your mom. 10.
For attendees, Harleypalooza is basically an excuse to get together and talk about a character they all love.
That way, no one had an excuse to refer to him with any terms other than his own.
If you turn down events and use money as an excuse, it may be time to check yourself.
"Everyone says we have a young team, but that's an excuse," Bucks rookie guard Malcolm Brogdon told reporters.
"'Everybody does it' is an excuse expected from a mischievous child, not a presidential candidate," the editorial said.
Rights groups and some Western allies say Erdogan has used the putsch as an excuse to quash dissent.
Frustration is not an excuse for the violent displays of lawlessness we have witnessed on the campaign trail.
Being drunk or high is no more of an excuse for harming someone than anger or hatred are.
Mr. Erdogan has been accused of using the coup as an excuse to imprison political and social opponents.
Dance music has always been utilitarian—an excuse to throw a party, a reason to commune with strangers.
When busy-ness comes up as an excuse for not doing something, it's usually an indication of avoidance.
They might mean a time-honored tradition or an excuse to hunt for prizes and candy (or both).
And I don't want any candidate using me as an excuse not to show up in the state.
"You are using this as an excuse to stoke suspicion around my Christianity + faith life," Ocasio-Cortez tweeted.
A third said Blackstone execs have used Goldman's plans as an excuse to try and poach talented workers.
Nixon used Reagan's call as an excuse to adapt his language to make the same point to others.
They think it's an excuse not to have solutions by talking about the rest of these other things.
They scrambled for research topics that gave them an excuse to be together, and completed each other's sentences.
"There's never an excuse for not playing with great effort," Bradley said during a conference call with reporters.
Trump tweeted Monday and Tuesday that Harley was using the tariffs as an excuse to justify existing plans.
And if they were, Pruitt's political staff would have enough time to think up an excuse or response.
Cooperative team-building exercise or an excuse to scream at your friends for withholding the tools you need?
The plot of the first "Shuffle Along" was mainly to allow an excuse for the singing and dancing.
" Comic-book conventions are "an excuse for people to dress up like the intellectual properties of major corporations.
"They have to come up with an excuse, they have to come up with a lie," he said.
Lorde is using her tour as an excuse to make beautiful covers of all her favorite rap songs.
Wheeler refused to make his intentions clear, effectively giving the GOP an excuse to hold up Rosenworcel's reconfirmation.
Under the Trump administration, we have seen a revived defense of religious freedom as an excuse for discrimination.
So whatever your feelings may be, please don't use this as an excuse to avoid fruits and veggies.
These cases might lead the public to perceive sexsomnia as an excuse, rather than an actual clinical condition.
They're an excuse to get together, with the bonus of having clear instructions for what to do next.
It's an excuse for the worse and dumbest elements in our sports media to do a little kabuki.
"Now these companies are not going to give an excuse that it is against the law," Ramaswamy said.
The first album's title was a play on manifest destiny, which was an excuse to kill Native Americans.
Maybe-boyfriend loves middle sister, and the flag is an excuse for milkman to get nasty with him.
"It's absolutely not OK for them to use an excuse that there's too much data," said Charles Sowell.
Democrats have accused Republicans of coming up with an excuse to delay the bill for the Trump administration.
So what if we used this illness as an excuse to really, permanently protect the least among us?
And also like many internet fads, it mostly acts as an excuse to post a photo of oneself.
Did Trump lie about his taxes being under audit as an excuse to avoid releasing his tax returns?
But she's used it as an excuse to study Lee herself — and the reasons for her long silence.
Being an intern is not an excuse for others to disrespect or treat you poorly in any way.
I think back to the Gulf of Tonkin incident, an excuse used for greater American involvement in Vietnam.
"We didn't want to give them an excuse" to shut down the schools by force, Mr. Halimi said.
You give them an excuse to come at you if you don't let them ... But they have platforms.
And in a town as intensely convivial as New Orleans, who needed an excuse to talk and drink?
After all, there's always an excuse to not write, and a new baby was simply one more excuse.
But that's just an excuse; the truth is, I was just looking at negotiations from the wrong perspective.
Just don't bail and use the coronavirus as an excuse; we all know you could've just FaceTimed instead. 
In all events, we need to give our readers an excuse for a good food fight over Thanksgiving.
The White House didn't give a firm reason for this, using the president's travel schedule as an excuse.
Second, don't let your purported style be a self-fulfilling prophecy of failure or an excuse for resignation.
Yet none of that should be an excuse for brutalizing children by ripping them away from their parents.
Which gives me an excuse to have Nneka play us off, with "Pray for You" live in 2015.
"People don't get an excuse with Dara," said Shana Fisher, a venture capitalist who has worked with him.
Yet some critics worry the programs are an excuse to not take tougher measures to curb climate change.
The ransacked Legislative Council, by contrast, gave the authorities an excuse to crack down on all their detractors.
Democrats have accused Republicans of coming up with an excuse to delay a bill for the Trump administration.
Barón said even though the Tukwila police officers were mistaken, ignorance of the law is not an excuse.
Those less enamored of felines say it is merely an excuse for feeding ferals rather than euthanizing them.
Several said they worked at nonprofit organizations, where tight budgets were always an excuse not to pay more.
A Beijing official accused the White House of using human rights as an excuse to punish Chinese companies.
MONSIEUR BOVARY He gives Emma an excuse for infidelity, though he has never demanded that she be faithful.
All the while President Bashar al-Assad invokes an excuse increasingly popular among the world's governments since Sept.
In the video, he blamed feminism for reducing birthrates in Europe, creating an excuse for inviting in immigrants.
In the video, he blamed feminism for reducing birthrates in Europe, creating an excuse for inviting in immigrants.
Dennis and Mac use the guy's death as an excuse to get close to the guy's attractive granddaughter.
"Running for president is not an excuse for violating the rules of the Senate," the Texas Republican said.
"We hope future E.U. legislation will be evidence-based and never become an excuse for protectionism," he said.
He supports the GOP tax bill which swells the federal debt, providing an excuse to slash earned benefits.
Miller believes Turner hasn't owned up to his behavior and has used his alcohol consumption as an excuse.
For many stars, their first big paycheck is an excuse to splurge, often on something fun and frivolous.
Because we live in America and every single holiday is an excuse to buy a mattress, I guess.
Using distance as an excuse is not only lazy, it could also hurt candidates in 2020, he said.
At the very least, reading them gives you an excuse to put down your phone for a minute.
The phony... ...Trump/Russia story was an excuse used by the Democrats as justification for losing the election.
It's not LA, so pack a jacket, but don't let 55 degrees be an excuse to stay inside.
It's always handy to have an excuse to get very nostalgic about flushing toilets in Duke Nukem 3D.
But it's still potentially dangerous: North Korea has previously used Foal Eagle as an excuse to test missiles.
Victims' rights lawyers believe the regulations are designed to give schools an excuse to ignore sexual harassment on campuses.
Jonathan and Nancy's trip to see Murray Bowman was really just an excuse for them to make out finally.
That, however, does not give DeRozan and his teammates an excuse to ignore Valanciunas when he's in the game.
"Prince Harry said, 'You were looking for an excuse to dance,' " she told PEOPLE after the ceremony on Monday.
They are crossing illegally and they are caught by Border Patrol and they are using asylum as an excuse.
Defenders of Harvey Weinstein, of Roman Polanski, or of Roy Moore often use temporal moral relativism as an excuse.
All of these flashy buzzwords also give TCL an excuse to put more flashy-looking logos on the box.
Or, her outfit was revealing, you're basically enabling the abuser, and giving them an excuse — which is just unacceptable.
Plus, it *totally* gives you an excuse to re-read all the books and binge-watch your fave movies.
Human rights groups and Turkey's Western allies say Erdogan has used the putsch as an excuse to quash dissent.
"The domestic political situation cannot become an excuse to delay urgent European policy decisions," he was quoted as saying.
Twenty-seven states and the District of Columbia permit any qualified voter to vote absentee without offering an excuse.
So I went and parked and thought, Fuck this, this is insane, and made an excuse to not go.
If you can't use Mercury retrograde as an excuse to be tardy, then really, what is it good for?
Thanks to technology, the ocean's expanse and remoteness are becoming less formidable—and less of an excuse for inaction.
As a source of additional uncertainly, Brexit gave Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's government an excuse to act, Okubu said.
The popularity of the day gives us an excuse to get our friends together, eat waffles, and drink cocktails.
The comments accused her of using her baby as an excuse to expose her breast and gain sexual attention.
Republicans only pretended to care about debt as an excuse to hobble President Barack Obama and slash social programs.
Instead of something truly new, what "The Frozen Wilds" offers is an excuse to venture back into this world.
He offered constantly but I always came up with an excuse as to why I should just do it.
Since men dominate the upper echelons of finance, this gives them an excuse to perpetuate the old boys' club.
He has claimed he cannot provide them while under audit, an excuse that has tax lawyers scratching their heads.
"What's true in elementary school is true in the United States Congress: ignorance is not an excuse," Earnest said.
It's not an excuse, but she can't help it — she's grieving, too, and everything is so hard right now.
He believes the HIV and AIDS Prevention and Control Act is used illegally, as an excuse to "prove" homosexuality.
She believes vigilante groups -- not necessarily connected to Duterte -- use these proclamations as an excuse to carry out killings.
Not like you need an excuse to post another photo of your adorable pet, but we have one anyway.
So if you've been looking for an excuse to get a Nintendo Switch, this deal is definitely worth it.
Consider this Halloween costume an excuse to upgrade your wardrobe (and, while you're at it, acquire a stuffed lion).
In other words, don't use this study as an excuse to start regularly binge-watching Netflix till 4 a.m.
Water the plant as you normally would, or use it as an excuse to become an air plant parent.
Smash was an excuse to get them to come over to my apartment more and hang out with me.
On the other hand, it's an excuse if it's a tech spokesperson apologizing to media about the company's failures.
" Ryan added when prompted by questioning: "I'm not saying this is an excuse, I'm just saying it's my observation.
When news of the terrorist attack in Nice broke, Trump used it as an excuse to buy more time.
The currency crisis gives government bureaucrats an excuse to exercise even more power and to continue rent-seeking activities.
It's hard to find an excuse to buy the bonds, noted Takuji Okubo, chief economist at Japan Macro Advisors.
I didn't want to give people an excuse to not deal with the issues that we are dealing with.
It also feels a little like she's using her attraction to Link as an excuse to push DeLuca away.
Not one of my students has ever tried to use my trigger warning as an excuse to skip material.
This policy also states that alcohol negates consent but cannot be used as an excuse for not obtaining consent.

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