dodge
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It also eliminated an earlier loophole that allowed stonecutting manufacturers to dodge safety requirements by claiming that protective steps weren’t feasible.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
Carnival’s finance chief discusses paying down debt and looking for cost savings after the pandemic; Mamdani’s latest push to take on big business; plus, food companies dodge crackdown in RFK Jr.’s proposal on new additives.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
After attempting to dodge the question several times, he said “no.”
From Salon ● Aug. 7, 2026
Domestic workers, labourers and other pedestrians routinely dodge speeding traffic, and many are killed trying to cross.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
I barely dodge out of the way in time.
From "Free Lunch" by Rex Ogle
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He artfully dodges, however, two of the most important issues: energy and immigration.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 19, 2026
Thankfully, Lynn Cullen’s novel about Marilyn, “When We Were Brilliant,” dodges all these myriad bullets.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 20, 2026
In the clip, Mace repeatedly dodges a question about upcoming town halls and asks when the man she's speaking to will stop "harassing" her.
From Salon ● Apr. 20, 2025
Anyone who dodges paying tax faces a higher interest rate when paying it back.
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2024
One of Manny’s strikers sprints near me, but he dodges before I can take the ball, and he shoots.
From "Merci Suárez Changes Gears" by Meg Medina
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"Jenitar has taken everything in her stride from day one... she has somehow dodged every complication and risk for both herself and her babies," Bendall said.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
"We dodged a bullet. It was very bad, but it could have been substantially worse. It was quite unsafe for everybody to be outside."
From Barron's ● Jul. 6, 2026
He testified that he “doesn’t know what happened” that day in September 2020 but acknowledged that he dodged the boys with his vehicle while Grossman, speeding behind him, did not.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 11, 2026
It is a chastening experience for Vitol, whose partners pride themselves on having dodged many of the pitfalls that hurt rivals.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 12, 2026
The snowmobile zoomed around shallow frozen lakes, and dodged clusters of smooth gray rocks that stuck up out of the white blanket of snow like icebergs on the ocean.
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
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"I think something needs to be done to clean the rivers up in Wales, people have been dodging the bullet."
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
Morgan, and IBM and other quantum-computing players were dodging the tech selloff after the White House late Monday issued two executive orders to support quantum technology.
From Barron's ● Jun. 23, 2026
She enters the mosh pit fearlessly, dodging flailing arms to two-step — a synchronized dance move that requires punching and running in place — unleashing her energy in the punk sanctum.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 22, 2026
So you are running too now, dodging and weaving past all the rubes who haven’t yet figured out the score.
From Slate ● Jun. 16, 2026
He reverted to all fours and bounded across the room, dodging the flames, yipping as a hungry blaze singed his beautiful snow-sky tail.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
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