avoid
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To fully avoid triggering rules about in-kind support and maintenance, your son’s rent must be at or near fair market value.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 18, 2026
Withrow explained that the initial demands were deliberately calibrated to avoid triggering a police response.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 2026
He rooted for the men’s Canadian hockey team and the women’s U.S. team during the Olympics, a diplomatic effort to avoid picking sides.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026
While the arrangement worked for this reader, paying only HOA fees and taxes may not fully avoid reductions to SSI under Social Security Administration rules.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 18, 2026
Clare wove through the mob, leaping and ducking to avoid collision.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
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