dodge
Example Sentences
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“You could feel them, I could hear them perfectly. And then it was just silence, and we got the hell out of dodge,” she said.
At the same time, both men came to grips with realities and pressures of difference — their own — and, rather than try to dodge or downplay it, made it their strength, made it what they were.
From New York Times
But deflecting responsibility like this is a dodge at best.
From Washington Post
The agency concluded last December that four companies — three Chinese and one Canadian — dodged tariffs by finishing solar cells and panels in Malaysia, Cambodia, Thailand and Vietnam.
From Washington Times
"He has spent his entire political career dodging accountability for his wanton disregard for the law. It is finally catching up to him," Bookbinder said.
From Salon
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
