His excuses became a continuing source of trouble for President Lincoln.

VOA: special.2009.09.03

What I realized I was doing is I was constantly making excuses for not working on it.

我意识到这么做,其实是一直在为自己不努力去做找借口。

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General McClellan kept making excuses for his failure to act.

VOA: special.2009.09.17

"We never make excuses, so when we play poorly, like in Costa Rica, we look at ourselves,".

VOA: standard.2009.06.07

"Time and again,we have heard excuses to delay and defeat reform.

VOA: standard.2009.07.21

"Even if President Obama,tomorrow, returns what remains of the Iranian assets, if President Obama condemns Israel, if President Obama withdraws all American forces from Iraq and Afghanistan, and if the United States announced that they recognize Iran as the most powerful player in the Middle East, Mr.Khamenei will bring some more excuses to prevent the resumption of talks and relations between the two countries, because "death to America" is something which extends the regime's life,".

VOA: standard.2009.03.21