"candidate" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- All the candidates have shied away from proposals to overhaul the pension system for municipal workers, which has become a growing drain on the budget but is fiercely protected by unions.
- But on Channel 7 last night, the four candidates largely shied away from directly confronting one another.
- Early television seemed so powerful that candidates shied away from it to attack.
- But in interviews, the candidate shies away from most substantive questions, referring them to her advisers or saying that precise answers must wait until after an opposition victory.
- Both candidates have shied away from radical labor market reform, although Mr. Stoiber has been more willing than his union-backed opponent to challenge nationwide pay scales.
- While candidates are shying from a direct link with Sept. 11, interest groups are exploiting it.
- Although the organization is nonpartisan, Republican candidates have mostly shied away from seeking its endorsement.
- Thus, I can run for President and say things other candidates shy away from.
- This is not an easy question, and that's why we see presidential candidates shy away from it.
- Because so many politicians have been gunned down, many candidates have shied away from public events and some even refuse to reveal their names.
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