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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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Indictment details In the indictment, the department’s tax attorneys portrayed Rotta as a perennial tax dodger.
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Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 22 Mar. 2024
The documents, which are partially redacted, also show how the AI made errors during the trial, such as flagging children who were following their parents through ticket barriers as potential fare dodgers, or not being able to tell the difference between a folding bike and a nonfolding bike.
—Matt Burgess, WIRED, 8 Feb. 2024
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.
—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
Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 22 Mar. 2024
The documents, which are partially redacted, also show how the AI made errors during the trial, such as flagging children who were following their parents through ticket barriers as potential fare dodgers, or not being able to tell the difference between a folding bike and a nonfolding bike.
—Matt Burgess, WIRED, 8 Feb. 2024
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.
—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
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“Dodger.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dodger. Accessed 18 Apr. 2024.
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