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.
“While most people were trying to dodge the downpour—TV screens giving up one by one, umbrellas suddenly becoming the hottest commodity in the room—we at InPlanet were secretly thrilled,” he said.
When I’m reflective, I think I’m dodging a bullet.”
After admitting that he was unable to pay the bills that he owed, he said he had considered filing for bankruptcy but had so far “managed to sort of dodge it.”
From Los Angeles Times
Consultants who reviewed the delayed Altadena evacuation orders said their report wasn’t designed to investigate wrongdoing or assign blame, something that fire victims and some experts worry will help officials dodge accountability.
From Los Angeles Times
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