Sentence examples for dubious habits from inspiring English sources

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All of which has helped enable America's own fiscally dubious habits.

Lewis grew up idolizing Muhammad Ali and, like dozens of fighters of his generation, took on all of Ali's dubious habits, especially the way he kept his hands low and depended for defense on his ability to fall away from a punch.

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Only when Poles find a more pejorative term will this dubious habit lose its moral immunity.

That is how our politicians fell into the dubious habit of doling out tax incentives to keep employers from moving out.

That is because it took to extremes a dubious habit common in its industry: booking the entire value of trades as revenues, rather than merely the profits earned on those trades (a sleight of hand not permitted for financial trading firms such as Wall Street banks).

More likely, bringing tobacco further into ratings decisions will create new opportunities for ambiguity and confusion, since it seems unlikely that smoking will be any different from any other vice, dubious practice or habit of speech.

As if such developments weren't concerning enough, Svoboda also has a peculiar habit of resuscitating dubious World War II icons.

Mr Sarkozy says he is opposed to the old French habit of propping up dubious African regimes.

Pay close attention to your children's television viewing, especially if they've adopted habits, behaviors or mannerisms of dubious reality TV characters.

Outsiders are likely to have heard of the president's former secretary in exclusively dubious terms - for her allegedly extravagant shopping habits; for the incident when she punched a British journalist in Hong Kong; and other alleged excesses.

Across several policy areas related to national security, the Obama administration continues to resist disclosure, opting instead to follow its predecessor's disappointing habit of hiding inconvenient facts and dubious policies.

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