"Use as an excuse" nghĩa là gì?

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“That's really the ultimate goal, and you have COVID to use as an excuse to kind of add to 17,” said Turbin. With the removal of preseason games, however, teams have a harder time evaluating new players who were drafted late.

In Cleveland for the second leg of a back-to-back (which you can’t even use as an excuse because the Cavs were also on the second leg of a back-to-back), the Celtics opened their night with misses on nine of their first 12 shots of the evening. It was enough to noticeably deflate the Celtics, and the Cavs pounded on that to the tune of a 17-point halftime lead.

Accustomed to being at the center of public criticism, the “coachmen” use as an excuse the expenses they have to face to justify the frequency of trips. “Taxes did not increase, and in fact many have not even obtained a license, but everything else is through the roof,” said a coachman (người đánh xe ngựa) from the stand located next to the Provincial Museum of the city. He considered himself lucky because he had his own horse and carriage (xe ngựa), although he was also hoping to meet the challenge of raising at least 200 CUP (Cuban pesos) a day to acquire the grass and molasses (mật đường) with which he feeds his animal.

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