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Some couples may avoid them because it feels like they’re planning for the end before their marriage even begins.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026

To avoid unfairness or confusion in gameplay, a writer’s most important task is to “pin” their clue to a single correct response.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026

The new technology means children can avoid longer and more invasive operations, and it should see a reduction in blood transfusion rates, experts say.

From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026

"We must intensify efforts to help people quit tobacco use, avoid cancer-linked infections, abstain from alcohol, maintain a healthy weight, and get more daily exercise."

From Science Daily ● Sep. 7, 2026

Goal number two was to distract him enough to avoid pesky questions about where exactly we disappeared to last month.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller

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

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 3, 2026

The firm avoids companies that operate only in Japan or industries with low valuations globally, Otsuka said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026

More than a year later, she still avoids any route that takes her by the intersection where Carlos died.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026

But getting permission first avoids an expensive argument when you move out.

From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026

She grips the steering wheel and avoids my eyes.

From "Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda" by Becky Albertalli

But the arithmetic was suddenly visible anyway: one broken appliance repaired, one replacement avoided, however many dollars still in somebody’s pocket.

From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2026

As recently as last year Hull avoided relegation to League One only on goal difference.

From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026

Defending champion Carlos Alcaraz avoided the prospect of an early US Open exit by fighting back from a set down against Portugal's Jaime Faria.

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026

For all of California’s strides to protect people in fire zones, it has largely avoided confronting a deeper question: Should people be free to build there in the first place?

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026

These days I avoided the place, because the memories hurt.

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda

Bernhard Eugen Fritsch, 65, was added to the list after fleeing to Mexico before his sentencing, and is currently avoiding his sentence in his native Germany, according to officials.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026

The cost of avoiding those questions can be an annual account fee, a commission on every trade and a menu of funds with higher expense ratios than the ones already sitting in your core lineup.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 3, 2026

On board, he said the sailors likely had to battle the uncertainty of how long their deployment was going to last, while also avoiding complacency and maintaining sharp focus in a dangerous environment.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026

Reliable is avoiding it altogether, arguing it would complicate certification.

From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026

They staggered over slick glass ledges, around massive boulders, avoiding stalagmites that would’ve impaled them with any slip of the foot.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan