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evade

[ih-veyd] / ɪˈveɪd /


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This year, the Justice Department has been investigating Iran’s use of Binance to evade U.S. sanctions since the guilty plea.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

Footage released by the Met shows officers using high-powered Sur-Ron e-bikes to pursue suspects who were trying to evade police.

From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026

But that’s the thing about academic research: When you go looking for specific details, they tend to evade you — something that’s easy to forget for those of us who have stopped writing thesis papers.

From Salon ● Sep. 7, 2026

The suspect, identified by CHP as Luis Gutierrez, was charged with stealing a vehicle and attempting to evade the police.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026

The Civil War, for example, was a direct consequence of the decision to evade and delay the slavery question during the most vulnerable early years of the republic.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

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

Less smug but still rather inscrutable, he sips on tea and evades answering Arisu’s question directly, instead turning the tables.

From Salon ● Sep. 26, 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

“Rats have no thumbs and therefore cannot do many things that we can. They cannot make tools or weapons. They are masters of destruction, but creation evades them,” said Vikus.

From "Gregor the Overlander" by Suzanne Collins

Social media companies have evaded certain types of lawsuits in the United States due to free speech protections that shield them from liability.

From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026

The driver successfully and momentarily evaded officers, who found his abandoned motorcycle, valued at $5,000, in a nearby alley, according to Buttitta.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026

"Bradford has evaded inquiries for many, many years and it's time that the full truth about what happened comes out," she said.

From BBC ● Jun. 24, 2026

This flywheel strategy that Walt Disney pioneered also evaded the risk of oversaturation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026

“I have tried once or twice, but she either evaded my questions or looked so distressed that I stopped. I never force my children’s confidence, and I seldom have to wait for long.”

From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott

Relatively inexpensive to make, they are evading Ukrainian air defenses and striking their targets more quickly than their propeller-powered predecessors.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

The man was arrested on suspicion of felony evading, according to the LAPD.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026

Almásy shelters Katharine in a cave and goes off to get help, eventually evading arrest and stealing an airplane to rescue her.

From Salon ● Jul. 28, 2026

Kent Police said after initially evading arrest, the suspect had run toward Tivoli Road in Margate.

From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2026

Early one misty Saturday morning, he and Harry worked their way through a dripping tangle of cottonwoods and alders lining the Dungeness, evading the game warden who regularly patrolled the river during salmon- spawning season.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown




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