evade
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A second successful challenge and strikeout — and Yamamoto seemed to want to challenge, pointing to his head — would have helped the Dodgers evade the waking nightmare of the third inning.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026
Panorama investigates the documents that were falsified to hide his wealth and evade tax.
From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026
Dolly Parton’s estate has claimed that the late country music icon’s nephew, Bryan Seaver, went to extraordinary lengths to evade being served with a summons—including allegedly draping barbed wire around the entrance to his property.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 12, 2026
Mullin said Oscar Belgal, 28, the man shot and wounded in the Bronx by ICE agents on Thursday, had an extensive criminal history and was trying to evade arrest.
From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026
Sailors were discussing whether the ship should follow a zigzag course to evade lurking submarines and whether the navigation lights would be illuminated.
From "Salt to the Sea" by Ruta Sepetys
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She evades that reality in “107 Days,” in which she dismisses antiwar protesters at her rallies as mere “hecklers.”
From Salon ● May 5, 2026
Co-created and performed by Brian Quijada and Nygel D. Robinson, “Mexodus” tells the fictional story of Henry, who evades his capture by fleeing Texas across the Rio Grande.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 16, 2026
“It seems sometimes progress evades us,” Walker says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 25, 2025
This "dark matter" is a mysterious entity that evades all forms of direct observation yet makes its presence felt through its invisible pull on visible objects.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 6, 2024
When we try measuring one way, our substance evades it and seems to prefer another, but when we try a different way, we have no more success.
From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman
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Roman Abramovich's lawyers said he denies that he evaded tax or concealed his fortune.
From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026
Steve Yoo, one of the country's biggest pop stars in the 1990s and early 2000s, was embroiled in a national scandal after he was found to have evaded military service in 2002.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
The U.S. warships evaded the attacks, but American officials are concerned that Iran has improved its ability to target ships.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
Mladic was dismissed from his post after being indicted in 1995, but he evaded capture for another 16 years.
From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026
I was dubbed the Black Pimpernel, a somewhat derogatory adaptation of Baroness Orczy’s fictional character the Scarlet Pimpernel, who daringly evaded capture during the French Revolution.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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These mutations are adept at evading targeted treatments and were long considered “undruggable.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
This time, Yoane Wissa went on a brilliant run through the centre - evading an array of Liverpool players - and played the ball to Joe Willock, who finished in style.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
The man was arrested on suspicion of felony evading, according to the LAPD.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
The Justice Department this year dropped its long-running prosecution of Turkish state-owned lender Halkbank for allegedly evading U.S. sanctions on Iran.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026
It ruined my chance to play the game of evading the conductor with my pals.
From "The Boy on the Wooden Box" by Leon Leyson
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