Rather than discussing strategies for winning, they have shifted to excuses and explanations for the probable loss: an unpopular president, an economic recovery hardly anybody feels, a map dominated by conservative states, voters unsettled by terrorism and Ebola.
I'm not going to start making excuses or shifting responsibility".
Briefly explain your side of the story and avoid making excuses or shifting the blame.
Though no fixed date for the report's publication has ever really been given – including this time – the Inquiry will always be remembered for its endless string of delays, postponements, excuses and blame shifting.
We can understand the shifting rationales behind Islamist violence without excusing it, a professor of religion maintains.
Both suggest shifting your tone of voice to excuse yourself, while referencing what you have to do (wash hair, get back to work, early night).
We live in a culture that has come to accept rape and even child molestation as a backdrop to our existence; a culture that excuses the behaviour of abusers while shifting blame onto the victim.
If she keeps checking her phone or looking around when you talk to her, shifting her weight like she's looking for an excuse to leave, then she may not be into you.
He is not a manager to shift blame or make excuses for poor results and interacts directly with the fans.
In other words, sometimes criminals invent excuses to shift blame from their own actions.
