excuses.

I think reasons like those could probably be more accurately described as excuses.

tadpole #2 2005

I think reasons like those could probably be more accurately described as excuses.

tadpole #2 2005

We have need to do this, for God will not regard vain excuses.

Three Discourses 1865

I want to make excuses, and I don't want them to be called excuses.

Stephanie Klein's Greek Tragedy 2009

The Toledo Blade quoted Kasich referring to criticism of his votes for free trade agreements that shipped jobs oversees as "excuses."

Buckeye State Blog - Comments Blue Dog Rising 2010

In her experiment, a confederate tried to cut in line at a copying machine, using various preset "excuses."

Language Log 2009

He doesn't buy any of Clottey's concerns, or as Williams calls them - "excuses."

BoxingScene.com 2009

Sex offenders should not be granted parole using board "excuses."

Today in Oregon: The Oregonian 2009

In her experiment, a confederate tried to cut in line at a copying machine, using various preset "excuses."

Language Log 2009

And National Geographic is a magazine and they remind us constantly that they publish photographs not excuses. ...

Steven Crandell: "We're Destroying the Most Amazing Thing in Our Lives" -- Interview With Polar Photographer Paul Nicklen Steven Crandell 2011