evade
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To AI-safety experts, it vindicates what they have been warning about all along: that AI systems would cause real-world harms and evade attempts to control them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 1, 2026
The captain said the drone appeared to be "small" because it managed to evade detection by "our air defence systems, and the port authority's own surveillance cameras didn't catch anything."
From Barron's ● Aug. 1, 2026
“Ronald Fischer will now return to Rhode Island to face the consequences he sought to evade for more than 20 years.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026
Both pathogens can develop resistance and become "superbugs" that evade frontline drugs such as vancomycin.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 22, 2026
She vowed that he would not evade her company so easily the next time he came.
From "Lupita Mañana" by Patricia Beatty
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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
In lab studies, the Cicada subvariant efficiently evades immunity from a prior vaccination or infection, according to a report published by the U.S.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 20, 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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He’d evaded immigration agents at least three times before he was detained in late June.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 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
Friends and family have largely evaded questions - among them Kelce's sister-in-law.
From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2026
Even the perennial budget champion, however, hasn't evaded a "wave of price hikes", Yoshihiro Noro, former head of the Japan Natto Cooperative Society Federation, told AFP.
From Barron's ● Jun. 22, 2026
He swung the skimmer again, and the nimble fairy evaded capture a second time, soaring well out of range.
From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull
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Incidents of such loss of control continue to be catnip for AI ethicists, who contend that companies are evading moral responsibilities and accountability by describing it as their AI making its own choices.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026
It can also be deeply damaging when it becomes a means of evading the truth.
From Salon ● Jul. 13, 2026
The onboard footage shows the unmanned vessel evading fire as it approaches the tanker, before the video cuts out as it approaches the ship's hull.
From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026
It identifies every aircraft that is equipped with it, which is why it is the fairest way to prevent private planes from evading landing fees.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 17, 2026
The tube remained in Phil Resch’s possession; Resch circled back within the cramped elevator, evading him, his attention on Luba Luft only.
From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick
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