Sentence examples for pretext for firing from inspiring English sources

The charge of collaboration included supplying information and deliberately firing at Israeli soldiers in the West Bank town of Hebron last month to give the Israelis a pretext for firing at Palestinian neighborhoods.

If nothing is documented, or if a business keeps incomplete or inconsistent records, that business's rationale for firing the employee might look like a pretext to cover a discriminatory practice.

The White House has cited Comey's handling of the Hillary Clinton email investigation as the fake pretext for the firing.

Furthermore, Shemwell argued that the cell phone charge was merely a pretext for his firing.

It is now clear that the aim of Rosenstein's memo was simply to provide a pretext for Comey's firing.

Talking to journalists is risky, and the man's nervous employers could use it as a pretext to fire him.

It might even have created a pretext for the president to fire Mueller.

Israel has used the alleged rocket fire as a pretext for continuing to target Palestinian civilians".

Environmentalists contend that bill is using forest fires as a pretext for giving loggers easier access to public forests meant for many uses, like recreation and wildlife habitat, and not just timber harvesting.

"Content can be the pretext for conversation, and because of that – we're going after a very big opportunity here.

The fire, they say, was the perfect pretext for the bank to shut down the zone before it could threaten its investment.The Zone 9 drama suggests a few ways of thinking about Vietnam.