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"Since we know that many shift workers can't really avoid sleeping during the day," Moen says, "I think it's important to see how we can help them make better choices."

From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026

New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani asked residents to stay indoors and avoid travel.

From Barron's ● Jul. 18, 2026

Online shopping, says Charlotte, “is something I avoid, especially as I get older — I just don’t have the patience to decode the sizing differences of four different brands selling basically the same shirt.”

From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2026

Above all, she’s eager to avoid being perceived as a hostile actor.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026

So, in order to avoid tendinitis in my pinky, shoulder pain, back pain, and myriad other things, I have to pace myself.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

If the company avoids trouble over a period of several years, the Justice Department dismisses its charges.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026

A bandanna covers his face for any public appearances, and if an interview isn’t happening in person, he avoids phone or video calls.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026

He says it avoids the "feast and famine" cycles that have characterised NHS budgets.

From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026

Operating above Earth's atmosphere, Euclid avoids the infrared glow that limits ground based observations while surveying enormous portions of the sky at remarkable depth.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 9, 2026

For three days after the Moon Festival, Helene avoids me.

From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir

Three years into his tenure, Willing could boast that the bank had thus far avoided a single “material loss, or even mistake of any consequence.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026

Still, people seem to be rushing to scoop these preorders up, despite the insistence by some that preorders should be avoided given the disastrous launches of games like “Cyberpunk 2077” and “No Man’s Sky.”

From Salon ● Jul. 13, 2026

Spain are on the longest unbeaten run in their history and have now avoided defeat in each of their past 36 matches since a 1-0 loss to Colombia in March 2024.

From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026

Hamby averages 3.2 fouls per game and has expressed frustration about the new officiating norms this season, but has avoided true foul trouble.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 12, 2026

After Vladimir's death, the Bureau of Supernatural Affairs was tasked with protecting the Black Book from Moreau and those magician apprentices who avoided capture.

From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston

Like a similar system in India called UPI, PIX has encouraged users to ditch cash and open bank accounts after years of avoiding slow and costly bank transfers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026

“I think people are avoiding the area,” Weiss said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2026

A guiding principle of tax treaties is avoiding double taxation.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 17, 2026

Together, these characteristics allow the bacteria to concentrate where tumors are located while avoiding normal tissues.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 10, 2026

Later, I would make it my mission to show my dad I wasn’t avoiding the rides or scared of pools now or anything like that.

From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri