How To Use Ducking In A Sentence
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Again and again, by feint of foot and hand and body he continued to inveigle Sandel into leaping back, ducking, or countering.
A PIECE OF STEAK
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With that retort, Will shoved Mark into a table, but Mark countered, ducking from a roundhouse swing and taking Will's legs out from underneath him.
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Everywhere I saw helicopters jukeing and jinking, ducking and dodging.
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The boys were splashing about and ducking each other in the pool.
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They'd been ducking him in the water. Poor fellow, he cut a sorry figure.
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This is not something that governments can keep ducking.
Times, Sunday Times
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Dressed in black (how obvious) the person was creeping toward the house, ducking behind bushes and hedges.
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Only seconds after removing the vent cover and ducking inside, nearly a dozen powerful beams of light swept the area in search of the intruder.
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Pros: Ducking in and out of ice caves adds a nice touch to what could have been a typical roller coaster.
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Should anyone require, however, to pass through the district, he must first of all be locked securely in a cowshed beyond the limits of the village, and there his clothes must be well smoked ( 'fumigated' they call it), and he himself well doused in a ducking-tub, and if he has any coin about him it must be rubbed with ashes, which life-imperilling occupation will be duly attended to by the local gipsies.
The Day of Wrath
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They'd been ducking him in the water. Poor fellow, he cut a sorry figure.
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Referees are often criticised for ducking the cameras after matches and now we know why.
Times, Sunday Times
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If any foorme or stoole stand in his way, hee oftentimes beateth his browe vpon the same, and often ducking downe with his head, and body, worshippeth the chiefe Image.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation
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There are positives to the new design - a quick-release facility and greater coverage to the front gates improve safety and discourage horses from ducking under - but problems persist.
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The stronghold of the bailiff was carried by storm, the scholar set at liberty, and the delinquent catchpole borne off captive to the college, where, having no pump to put him under, they satisfied the demands of collegiate law by ducking him in an old cistern.
The Life of Oliver Goldsmith
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Ducking altar boy practice was a big deal to someone who hung a crucifix on the wall, prayed the rosary, and considered Father James Cronin, the longtime pastor of my church, a saint.
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He then has to spend the summer ducking the paparazzi when all he really wants to do is go out in a pedalo with his girlfriend.
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It is no more a proper trial than ducking witches used to be.
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“But there must be more to it,” I said, ducking as the word toaster flew by.
Word Storm 2008 «
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After skillfully ducking and dodging the two shoes hurled at his face at his final press conference in Baghdad, our dodger and ducker-in-chief calmly reported the size of the famous shoes.
David's Flying Shoes v. Goliath's Bloody Ruse
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Art, it seems, is the perpetual recidivist, always ducking back into the aesthetic as soon as vigilant life averts its gaze.
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Referees are often criticised for ducking the cameras after matches and now we know why.
Times, Sunday Times
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She sound just like a Candidate who can beat a wimp, and that wimp is Obama, who is soft, and an empty suit with no substance and afraid to debate Hillary, He is Ducking a debate with Hillary because he does not have a clue.
Hillary Clinton takes a swing at sports metaphors
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We saw at least ten playful dolphins ducking and diving around our boat.
The Sun
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They were blushing and shyly ducking their veiled heads.
Seminary Boy
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When aware of the approach of their human visitors, they would slide off an iceblock into the water, holding their cubs in their arms, and ducking up and down in the sea as if in sport.
History of the United Netherlands, 1590-99 — Complete
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They accused him of ducking all the issues at stake.
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* OTB ducking from the flying projectiles coming her way* LOL
Twilight Lexicon » LA Times: What Bill Condon Brings to Twilight
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Galorea shot off, ducking under the decaying beams that slanted over the wooden shanties.
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Point out that avoiding you is ducking the issue.
The Sun
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In fact I hope I don't end up ducking out of saying a name on the phone, too.
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I turned and saw a small head ducking and weaving behind the sofa arm.
Times, Sunday Times
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This is wonderful, but you kind of start thinking about moving forward and what the next plans are and how you're going to get there," the trainer said after ducking out of a drenching rain with his perfectly coifed head of gray hair intact.
Kentucky Derby winner Super Saver will run in Preakness
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The ensign at tactical reported ducking as the panel behind him exploded.
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I was assured by a man ducking next to me, They do not want your life, bwana.
An Interview with Paul Theroux
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Referees are often criticised for ducking the cameras after matches and now we know why.
Times, Sunday Times
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Someone who is ducking responsibility for his own actions is hardly in a strong position to call someone else to account.
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The rotors started to spin up and they hurriedly jumped to the roof a few feet below, ducking to avoid the backwash from the spinning propellers as the copter lifted off the heliport and headed into the night skyline.
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There was a cloak-and-dagger element to the procedure, soured by a clandestine taint, like ducking out of a 1950s nightclub to smoke weed.
In the Plex
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She spends much of her time ducking for cover.
Times, Sunday Times
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Ducking down to avoid the yellow tape, she crossed the corridor towards her dorm room.
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His head came around, brown eyes alert as fitzAlan strode out of the alehouse, ducking his head to negotiate the doorway.
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Morton began trailing him and ducking behind shop windows with Catherine when the man turned around.
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Sometimes referred to as the ‘master magician’, he was criticised for ducking out of a previous hearing of the committee.
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My friend was having problems of her own, every few moments ducking her head to furtively expunge small pieces of gristle into her napkin.
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Disappearing on your wife to go hiking is not a Republican values or a liberal Democrat thing; and ducking an all-clad when you finally come home is not party specific either ...
First on the CNN Ticker: Sanford, wife still haven't spoken
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She stepped to the side, away from him as he made to grapple her from behind, and ducking under his massive arms, moved back quickly until she was behind him instead.
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His head came around, brown eyes alert as fitzAlan strode out of the alehouse, ducking his head to negotiate the doorway.
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We saw at least ten playful dolphins ducking and diving around our boat.
The Sun
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He made a move, rushing to the left and ducking around Jim's outstretched arm.
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Nor does he have any sense of how his deployment of an aphorism about courage jars with his own personal conduct in ducking an election and a referendum in short order and his wider reputation for personal and political cowardice.
Archive 2007-10-14
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She moved wraithlike, ducking beneath an arm, reeling back from another, and diving between its legs.
GuildWars Edge of Destiny
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The witness, who did not want his name divulged for safety concerns, said he dialed 911 as he followed the gunman in his car, ducking behind other parked cars and buses as the suspect walked from the scene of the shooting at Central and Chicago Avenues.
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It reminds me of that ducking stool they had for witches.
Times, Sunday Times
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I turned and saw a small head ducking and weaving behind the sofa arm.
Times, Sunday Times
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Over the next few years you might have spotted him if you looked real hard from your window seat on the trains leaving or coming throughHanover, somewhere on the hills above the train tracks ducking in and out of the rutted rocks and natural grown inlets, a blur of curly reddish hair, thick mangled beard, and hiking boots as you sped down the track headed for your destination.
Curly’s Fiddle
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I don't understand, if the remark that was made by the Obama camp on Mccain ducking a gun, Obama would be toast by now.
Huckabee says he'd like to be McCain's running mate
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Twisting, jumping, ducking; each time he moved he swung a new blow.
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The rotors started to spin up and they hurriedly jumped to the roof a few feet below, ducking to avoid the backwash from the spinning propellers as the copter lifted off the heliport and headed into the night skyline.
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The rotors started to spin up and they hurriedly jumped to the roof a few feet below, ducking to avoid the backwash from the spinning propellers as the copter lifted off the heliport and headed into the night skyline.
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The waiting drivers clap and cheer appreciatively, ducking the occasional piece of burning debris raining from the sky.
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We know that Strictly holds an odd allure for politicians past and present; maybe all that ducking and weaving feels familiar.
Times, Sunday Times
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Half the buzz of infidelity is the fear of being found out and the requisite ducking and diving that entails.
Times, Sunday Times
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Tina raised her hand, ducking her head obsequiously.
Gideon’s war
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Lately, he has taken to apish chest-thumping in proclaiming that various individuals are ‘ducking’ and ‘backing down’ from him.
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Boxing has been through periods when it seems all the top fighters are ducking each other, but this isn't one of those periods.
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Once for all, Mrs. Minx, leave off talking of Hocus, or I will pull out these saucer-eyes of yours, and make that redstreak country face look as raw as an ox-cheek upon a butcher's-stall; remember, I say, that there are pillories and ducking-stools.
History of John Bull
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The noise went on for some considerable time as the traffic in the main street was at a standstill and, despite all the ducking and diving, forward progress was at a snail's pace.
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A dozen kids - children, babies - run bawling down the aisle, ducking under the upraised arms of as many waiters.
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His boy Bender startled, then swiveled on his stool, ducking his face under his hand.
Shore Thing
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Behind the village we follow a candlelit path into the forest ducking under branches, until, in a clearing, by a tall teepee with smoke coming out the top, we come across five reindeer harnessed to old-fashioned sleighs.
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Richardson's performance on Meet the Press was an hour of unrelieved ducking and running, revealing the immature temperament of a sticky-handed 6-year old who won't admit the cookie jar is empty even when confronted with the evidence.
Margaret Carlson: Richardson Meets the Press -- and Melts Down
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I wonder what people will say about Mr Duckabee and McCain ducking from OBAMA.
Rove slams Obama over 'bitter' comments, flag pin
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They were blushing and shyly ducking their veiled heads.
Seminary Boy
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We know that Strictly holds an odd allure for politicians past and present; maybe all that ducking and weaving feels familiar.
Times, Sunday Times
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They were blushing and shyly ducking their veiled heads.
Seminary Boy
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Could this mean a role for Brazilian expert John Picciano, the Corrections Department aide to former police commissioner Bernie Kerik, who lammed it down to Sao Paulo back in 2007 after ducking creditors in New York?
Len Levitt: The Bloom's Off His Rose
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We know that Strictly holds an odd allure for politicians past and present; maybe all that ducking and weaving feels familiar.
Times, Sunday Times
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Vigorous informal games, having to do with floating and sinking balls and effigies: pushball, in which the players never seemed to know, or to care, upon which side they were playing; water-fights and ducking contests ....
Skylark Three
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Bush and other worshippers of big business by Gary Denson on Saturday, Dec 15, 2007 at 9: 03: 25 AM very funny ... by Mr M on Saturday, Dec 15, 2007 at 11: 01: 29 AM don't misunderestimate the man by Josh Mitteldorf on Saturday, Dec 15, 2007 at 11: 22: 00 AM its called ducking and weaving by Andris on Saturday, Dec 15, 2007 at 4: 20: 03 PM
Bush Startlingly Inept in Answering Question About Military Contractor Accountability
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It will come by humor, by deftness, by ducking the police, season after season after season.
Donna Schaper: You Can't Evict The Human Spirit
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Vetch was already ducking under Kashet's chest to undo the bellyband when Ari's words made him blink.
Joust
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Point out that avoiding you is ducking the issue.
The Sun
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A mariner's diary of 1675 refers to the ducking from the yardarm of men entering the Straits for the first time, or being required to pay one dollar in lieu - and ducking remains an integral part of the modern ceremony in the Royal Navy.
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Ducking, spinning, banking and weaving, they were putting up a splendid bulletless dogfight.
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One of my friends was a member of the Washington and Mount Vernon Ducking Club, which has its camp and fixtures just below the Mount Vernon landing; he was an old ducker.
The Writings of John Burroughs — Volume 05: Pepacton
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A score of years ago the A.S.S. steamers lay within half a mile of shore; and, 'barrin' 'the ducking, it was easy to land.
To The Gold Coast for Gold, Vol. II A Personal Narrative
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It all started when Senator Clinton recalled ducking to avoid a potential sniper fire when she visited war-torn Bosnia in 1996 as first lady.
CNN Transcript Mar 17, 2008
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Art, it seems, is the perpetual recidivist, always ducking back into the aesthetic as soon as vigilant life averts its gaze.
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Ducking a difficulty often just brings you face to face with yourself.
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You can't survive an airburst by ducking under a dashboard.
Times, Sunday Times
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We surged forward, hearts thumping, ducking to avoid water bombs and grasping hands, until we were disgorged at an open green beneath the city walls.
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Of course, if they do, politicians can disclaim responsibility; but ducking responsibility is fatal in a democracy.
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If I'd only been thinking about such a wapper, and had been on my guard," said Joe, "splash me if he should ever have got my rod away in that manner -- I'd have taken a ducking first!
Wild Western Scenes A Narrative of Adventures in the Western Wilderness, Wherein the Exploits of Daniel Boone, the Great American Pioneer are Particularly Described
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Raine covered her ears at the shrill sound, ducking away from the delirious crowd as best as she could.
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Yes there is someone ducking out of view on the couch.
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Shunning the media and ducking a direct interaction will only cause more damage to the system, if it has not already, with the athletes flopping badly.
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What is sometimes needed in life is a ducking stool.
Times, Sunday Times
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A ear-splitting neigh jolted him back to his senses, and a sudden flash of white shot towards him, ducking underwater for a split second to lift him up beneath it.
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Mr Cameron has said it would be wrong for him to "hector" Chinese politicians and business leaders over human rights, ducking questions of whether he will take up the matter at the highest levels.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph
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He was quit for a ducking.
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The boat turned over and we all got/had a ducking.
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I smile, appeased and amused, when I realize that he's actually ducking, and his broad shoulders are hunched over.
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It reminds me of that ducking stool they had for witches.
Times, Sunday Times
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If your constitution be a salt or sugar one, he will melt you away with damp sheets and duckings; if you are as exsanguine as a turnip, his scientific delight in getting blood out of you will be only heightened.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 32, June, 1860
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The pair breathe as one, whether ducking, weaving or duetting with glee.
Times, Sunday Times
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Ducking responsibility is fatal in a democracy.
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She could tell that Hannah had been looking for her but she had been avoiding her, ducking into large groups of people or ignoring her.
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These were the days of ducking and cowering under our desks to survive a direct hit from an atomic bomb.
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Point out that avoiding you is ducking the issue.
The Sun
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The real danger of these rigs was hammered home recently during a small Open match which saw me ducking for shelter.
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Ducking responsibility is fatal in a democracy.
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Ducking responsibility is fatal in a democracy.
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Keeping these latter words to himself, and returning his daughter's nod, he was passing into the workshop, with the smile she had awakened still beaming on his face, when he just caught sight of his 'prentice's brown paper cap ducking down to avoid observation, and shrinking from the window back to its former place, which the wearer no sooner reached than he began to hammer lustily.
Barnaby Rudge
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At Kelfield, near Selby, locals got a good soaking in a medieval ducking stool - a star attraction at the annual village feast held on Saturday.
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Ace turned to grin at Defries, but Defries was too busy ducking and shooting as two androids swooped towards her position.
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Ducking trees and clip-clopping along, we climbed the hill behind the backpackers.
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A combination of sharp reflexes, quick feet, ducking and swaying will usually look after you.
Times, Sunday Times
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But under a mandated need to balance spending, the inevitable horse-trading would likely default to cutting defense while ducking fights on domestic programs.
GOP Balancing Act
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It’s a bleak little work, not unexpectedly — Keaton scurries rodent-like by city walls, his porkpie hat in place but his face scarved and averted, ducking from the glances of passersby and pausing only to take his own pulse.
The Existential Clown
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Whatever else that is, it's hardly ducking responsibility.
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During dinner downtime, chef David Levecchia greets customers at the bar before ducking into the kitchen to fill their orders.
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Ducking into the lanes and byroads whenever the urchins got hold of him was no permanent solution.
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Ace turned to grin at Defries, but Defries was too busy ducking and shooting as two androids swooped towards her position.
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Both girls have displayed other troubling behaviour since arriving in care, including: H.T. ducking her head when chastised, both girls soiling their underpants and smearing feces when upset.
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Driving above the speed limit or too close to the top of it, taking unnecessary chances, ducking lanes, passing on the right, tail-gaiting all are dangerous.
Woman dies in speeding Toyota
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I don’t know about you, but when the vowels are the same, I’m ducking diereses and following Times style by switching to hyphens.
The Right Word in the Right Place at the Right Time
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The rotors started to spin up and they hurriedly jumped to the roof a few feet below, ducking to avoid the backwash from the spinning propellers as the copter lifted off the heliport and headed into the night skyline.
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As for Men-of-War, when they chance to meet at sea, they first go through such a string of silly bowings and scrapings, such a ducking of ensigns, that there does not seem to be much right-down hearty good-will and brotherly love about it at all.
Moby Dick; or the Whale
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Ducking and weaving in his duct-tape-repaired steno chair, he was able to get a dark reflection of his face in the unlit monitor on his desk.
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We continue through the brush, ducking under low tree limbs and heading more or less in a southerly direction where the canyon should be.
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The kids were ducking each other in the pool.
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A combination of sharp reflexes, quick feet, ducking and swaying will usually look after you.
Times, Sunday Times
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In fairness, you do seem to be spending a lot of energy in ducking the further clarification.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Why Catholics and Jews?
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What is sometimes needed in life is a ducking stool.
Times, Sunday Times
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He walked under the trees, ducking under some particularly saggy branches, until he came to a ridge.
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So no ducking under the duvet, then, when your little monster threatens to waken the neighbours, if not the dead, with his wee-small-hours wake-up call.
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It was only on the return journey, when we were mulcted of an outrageous fee after a near ducking, that we realised this was yet another way of increasing personal revenue for the local boys.
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I turned and saw a small head ducking and weaving behind the sofa arm.
Times, Sunday Times
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Is the closure of Internet chat rooms more about ducking responsibility than child safety?
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The witness gave a little laugh, and ducking his head oddly like one taking liberties with a master, said, "We're a drouthy set, my lord, at the mines, and I wouldn't be saying but what we might drink them dry again of a morning, if we had been into town the night before.
John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn
