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Beyond paying off your balance in full every month to avoid interest charges, Kelly suggested considering three things: the annual fee, the card’s protections and what happens if the card stops working for you.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026

Members of the public have been asked to continue to avoid the area.

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026

Adult staffers watch, but try to avoid telling kids to be careful unnecessarily.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

Is careful use of language a way to at least avoid the temptation of these bots?

From Slate ● Sep. 29, 2026

“You know I’d do almost anything to avoid doing my actual work?”

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse

This sports documentary series often veers toward sensationalistic or at least hyperbolic stories, but this episode largely avoids that trap.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026

It avoids syncopation, letting the melodic line and its harmonies command full attention.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

Cruise avoids the personal by making his work inextricable from his life, thereby asking the reader to perform a clever thought exercise: What if Tom Cruise were telling the truth?

From Salon ● Sep. 17, 2026

It means that the asset avoids probate — a public accounting of your estate.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 3, 2026

I glare at Esther as I leave, but she avoids my eyes even as she laughs with the others.

From "Finding Junie Kim" by Ellen Oh

The match eventually resumed on the fourth day and the cancellation of the tour was narrowly avoided, but mistrust and ill-feeling between England and Pakistan lingered for years later.

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026

The shooting could have been avoided if “the officers were trained differently or better,” Bass said, noting that one of the officers had been on the job for roughly five months.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026

President George H. W. Bush avoided over-managing Desert Storm; instead, he left its direction to learned military leaders.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

They can overlap, of course, but these are to be avoided.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 21, 2026

That’s why they avoided him, feeling relief when they weren’t noticed.

From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes

“You really do need to find what’s the right line between staying within scope, but also avoiding laziness in terms of how the model actually pursues tasks even when it hits friction.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

Small-estate procedures and other ways of avoiding probate vary widely by state.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 27, 2026

The researchers say exposure can be reduced by choosing unscented products, improving ventilation with exhaust fans or open windows, and avoiding devices that generate ozone while scented cleaning products are being used.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 26, 2026

TikTok on Friday agreed to pay Alabama at least $100 million and enact time limits and other restrictions for teen users, avoiding trial with a settlement modeled on Instagram-owner Meta's recent agreement with US states.

From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026

Coasting through the school door, weaving and winding across the pavement, riding the asphalt wave, avoiding the bus waiters and the pickup parents.

From "Look Both Ways" by Jason Reynolds