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dodge

[doj] / dɒdʒ /




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"Dear protesters, since you're being filmed without your consent, try using make-up to dodge surveillance/facial recognition cameras," she said on social media.

From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2026

Song's supervisor at the social service centre was also given a suspended jail sentence for helping him dodge his duties, including falsifying records to make it look like Song had reported to work.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

The drama has come as a surprise to some who know Walter, who has earned respect for his financial acumen and, despite his purchases of high-profile sports teams, has tended to dodge publicity.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026

As U.S. stocks head into September, a key trading level suggests the S&P 500 could dodge a big loss in what is historically a turbulent month.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026

After it did, Jack had to dodge bits of flying bread.

From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley

How else can you explain a verse that is 90% throat-clearing and preemptive dodges of the backlash he knows is coming?

From Salon ● Oct. 21, 2026

Hatcher — a Pomo shape-shifter who dodges prejudice by passing as Mexican in the novel — is a thorny protagonist, often cunning, scheming and unforgiving.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2026

This could be seen as a halfway house, whereby the independent disciplinary commission dodges the nuclear option of banishing Southampton from the play-offs but still applies a sporting sanction.

From BBC ● May 13, 2026

He artfully dodges, however, two of the most important issues: energy and immigration.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 19, 2026

He was carrying the fighting harness, which was strapped up in apple-pie order according to his own dodges and wrinkles—for, from now on, he was Lancelot’s squire.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

L'Oreal said Thursday its third quarter sales rose by double digits as the French cosmetics giant appeared to have dodged the stagnation affecting much of the luxury industry.

From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2026

He also dodged bribery charges in August for trying the same stunt in the Wisconsin Supreme Court election.

From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2026

Sitting behind the wheel, on our way to the town of Hólmavík, I carefully dodged stubborn sheep who roamed the roads.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

“Since that really big winter in 1983, we’ve had several occasions of pretty active winter storms, but we’ve sort of dodged bullets because those storms, in general, didn’t fall upon the highest tides,” Cayan said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026

I dodged the reporters shouting questions and found a place with Faizah to lick my wounds.

From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad

"I'm outside the loop. I'm not dodging the question. I just don't feel it's an answer for me to give."

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

Now, surfers are dodging pipes and pilings for the best waves they’ve ever seen.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

Car radios were still uncommon, but one afternoon, the airborne commander spent 20 minutes chewing out a Sunday driver he saw weaving and dodging through a traffic jam in Queens.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026

In the 20-minute gameplay sequence, Lara Croft -- still in her famous blue top and brown shorts -- explores an abandoned tomb in Greece, battling panthers and dodging giant swords falling from the ceiling.

From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026

Before she can say anything else, I’m running straight across the minefield, dodging around people, charging through the cross fire.

From "I Can Make This Promise" by Christine Day


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