evade
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Residents and businesses say the approach allows individuals to, in effect, evade removal by telegraphing that if they relocate across the street on the sixth day then the seven-day clock will restart.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026
These bacteria are surrounded by protective outer coatings that can help them evade immune defenses.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 24, 2026
Acton has not seen her mother since the Arthurs fled Ohio in an effort to evade justice nearly five decades ago.
From Salon ● Oct. 23, 2026
Police in Cyprus have opened an investigation into the financial affairs of Roman Abramovich, following revelations by BBC Panorama that accountancy firm Deloitte helped in falsifying documents to hide his wealth and evade tax.
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026
But this is not a thing you can fight, only evade.
From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins
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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
“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
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Capra evaded the blacklist, but his bitterness remained.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026
O'Neill handed a first start to 19-year-old Kieran Morrison, and his superb cross led to Isaac Price doubling the lead, before Brown's header evaded goalkeeper Dmytro Riznyk in bizarre circumstances with 30 minutes left.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026
People walking on the boardwalk narrowly evaded getting hit, with one woman jumping over the railing just in time before the car sped by.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
Roughly 1,200 agents worked in what they called a “collective,” deliberately evaded detection, created their own message board, and exchanged 70,000 communications.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
Robert and Josiah evaded her; they were deaf to those undertones.
From "Ceremony:" by Leslie Marmon Silko
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He compared the plight of ultra-Orthodox men evading the military draft to the persecution of Jews during the Holocaust.
From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026
Lawyers for Abramovich have said that he denies evading tax or concealing his fortune.
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026
Navy and Gulf oil producers have recently improved at fending off or evading Iranian attacks, allowing more tankers to cross the strait.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
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
On the other hand, Geodon, Risperdal, Seroquel, and all the other heavyweight antipsychotics have a much longer half-life, evading the liver for quite a while.
From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman
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