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Examples of dodger in a Sentence
one of the most artful dodgers in the annals of American crime
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Werfel said a massive hiring effort and AI research tools developed by IRS employees and contractors are playing a big role in identifying wealthy tax dodgers.
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Fatima Hussein, Anchorage Daily News, 8 Sep. 2023
New York City subway system is using A.I. to spot fare dodgers.
—Byjeremy Kahn, Fortune, 25 July 2023
But the artful dodgers that Lt. Rafferty wrote about are plentiful.
—Ned Rozell | Alaska Science, Anchorage Daily News, 17 June 2023
The situation is complicated by the arrival of Omicron, which has proved an artful dodger of vaccines, leaving public health officials warning that a booster shot is necessary to blunt the disease’s worst effects.
—Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 17 Dec. 2021
Smith often functioned as an outside shooter and downhill dodger, while Machiran thrived moving off the ball and setting up his teammates.
—Jacob Steinberg, Baltimore Sun, 26 May 2022
And a zombie-bite dodger.
—Scott Tobias, Vulture, 20 Dec. 2021
Long as a great feeder and shooter and dodger.
—Edward Lee, baltimoresun.com, 27 May 2021
The defense lawyer for prominent tax dodger and one-time fugitive Winston Shrout on Monday urged a judge to reduce his client’s 10-year sentence and allow for his immediate release to home confinement, noting Shrout has tested positive for the coronavirus while in federal prison in California.
—oregonlive, 22 June 2020
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Fatima Hussein, Anchorage Daily News, 8 Sep. 2023
New York City subway system is using A.I. to spot fare dodgers.
—Byjeremy Kahn, Fortune, 25 July 2023
But the artful dodgers that Lt. Rafferty wrote about are plentiful.
—Ned Rozell | Alaska Science, Anchorage Daily News, 17 June 2023
The situation is complicated by the arrival of Omicron, which has proved an artful dodger of vaccines, leaving public health officials warning that a booster shot is necessary to blunt the disease’s worst effects.
—Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 17 Dec. 2021
Smith often functioned as an outside shooter and downhill dodger, while Machiran thrived moving off the ball and setting up his teammates.
—Jacob Steinberg, Baltimore Sun, 26 May 2022
And a zombie-bite dodger.
—Scott Tobias, Vulture, 20 Dec. 2021
Long as a great feeder and shooter and dodger.
—Edward Lee, baltimoresun.com, 27 May 2021
The defense lawyer for prominent tax dodger and one-time fugitive Winston Shrout on Monday urged a judge to reduce his client’s 10-year sentence and allow for his immediate release to home confinement, noting Shrout has tested positive for the coronavirus while in federal prison in California.
—oregonlive, 22 June 2020
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First Known Use
1568, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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“Dodger.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dodger. Accessed 29 Nov. 2023.
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