Example Sentences
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The idea of cutting benefits for parents of truants was first suggested by Labour Prime Minister Tony Blair in 2002, but it was dropped in favour of the current fines system.
From BBC • Feb. 28, 2023
Public School system which, ironically is ramping up efforts to track down truants as if they were outlaws.
From Washington Post • Jan. 17, 2023
When students tried to run away — an eight-mile flight up that winding road — the police in the village of Hancock knew to be on the lookout for truants and simply brought them back.
From New York Times • Jan. 14, 2022
But there’s got to be a better way than turning students who are trying to learn into truants, and a teacher who is trying to teach into an outlaw.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 2, 2018
“Are you aware that the school district has special police who go out searching for truants? They’re very good at their jobs, 1 assure you.”
From "Hoot" by Carl Hiaasen
