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evade

[ih-veyd] / ɪˈveɪd /


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While lawyers for the Tates acknowledged that bail in international extradition proceedings was unusual, they said the brothers had shown no reason to think they plan to evade criminal prosecution.

From BBC Aug. 11, 2026

He is accused of heading a company that routinely mislabeled shipments to evade taxes on fuel imported from Texas.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 3, 2026

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

In effect, he used the inherent ambiguity of the offensive statement to evade any direct response to Burr.

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

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

Tom James goes quick and is clear, the scrum-half looks around for support but his grubber evades Tommy Freeman.

From BBC Apr. 5, 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

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

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

Nineteenth-century wildcat notes circulated in an era when collateral requirements, where they existed at all, were routinely evaded and unenforceable.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 2, 2026

Still, he would not give anything of himself away, the other boy could be ignored, or evaded, or warned off.

From "I'm the King of the Castle" by Susan Hill

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

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 19, 2026

It can also be deeply damaging when it becomes a means of evading the truth.

From Salon Jul. 13, 2026

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

From BBC Jun. 25, 2026

And for the NCAA, the possibility of Sorsby evading consequences is an existential crisis.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 9, 2026

But the way she was evading the question told him it should.

From "Time Bomb" by Joelle Charbonneau




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