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Recent Examples of palm offAnd there’s an art to delegating, without seemingly palming off work to your team.—Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 2 Mar. 2023 Giannoli’s narrator lays out press performance in Balzacian details that sound absolutely contemporary: News, debate, and ideas had become goods to palm off on subscribers.—Armond White, National Review, 10 June 2022 However, in spite of this price increase and attempts to palm off blame, there is hardly any middle-class anger even resembling that which existed during the last years of the UPA.—Shoaib Daniyal, Quartz India, 21 Feb. 2021
In March 2022, the Halloween star wished her daughter, Ruby, a happy birthday on Instagram and called for the protection of trans rights in the United States.
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Abby Monteil,
Them,
3 Mar. 2025
Vatican officials can be faithful to the highest standards of their religion, truly wishing to serve the church and the common good of humanity.
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Daniel Speed Thompson,
The Conversation,
3 Mar. 2025
European states are already some of the highest spending in the world and that gives them little option for extra spending without inflicting severe pain.
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Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
1 Mar. 2025
Wall Street has been hoping the threats are merely leverage that Trump will use to negotiate with other countries before ultimately inflicting less pain on the economy than feared.
But despite previous transparency around the cost-cutting measures, employees inquiring about how the budget cuts have impacted their performance review will now be fobbed off.
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Orianna Rosa Royle,
Fortune,
29 Aug. 2023
Most chose instead to fob off the hard decisions to central bankers.
Both teams threatened with Mikel Merino’s header palmed away by Matz Sels and David Raya denying Chris Wood at the other end.
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James McNicholas,
The Athletic,
26 Feb. 2025
His stunning, one-handed outlet passes — often completed in a single fluid motion, without ever bringing the ball below his shoulders after palming the rebound — resemble water polo passes.
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