dodge
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Former candidate Tom Steyer of San Francisco answered with a dodge or a dose of realism, depending on your view.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 23, 2026
The still working exception allows you to delay RMDs, not to dodge them completely.
From Barron's ● Jun. 13, 2026
I’m not in the habit of promoting credit-card offers, but wanted to note a new perk from Delta if you regularly check bags and are trying to dodge those nasty bag-fee increases.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
Claiming early to dodge a cut locks in a guaranteed reduction.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 10, 2026
I crouched, ready to duck, dodge, dive, weave, whatever was necessary to take this cat down.
From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda
He artfully dodges, however, two of the most important issues: energy and immigration.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 19, 2026
But even if TikTok dodges a ban, it may prove helpless against users moving to alternative platforms.
From BBC ● Jan. 14, 2025
What’s more, if the candidates are unwilling to say anything new and provocative from day to day, the media, to the extent they cover them at all, will focus on their misstatements and artless dodges.
From Salon ● Oct. 22, 2024
Another way Silver dodges graphic content is by staying off social media.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 19, 2024
It whips out a tongue and my grandfather dodges it.
From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs
"We dodged a bullet. It was very bad, but it could have been substantially worse. It was quite unsafe for everybody to be outside."
From Barron's ● Jul. 6, 2026
Investors may have dodged the most significant bullet on June 5, when Standard & Poor’s opted not to change its index-listing rules for any of its market indices.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 9, 2026
Mr Fantasy has also dodged questions when reporters have tried to ask him if he is the actor's alter-ego.
From BBC ● May 7, 2026
SpaceX had narrowly dodged bankruptcy in late 2008 after the first successful flight of its Falcon 1 rocket.
From MarketWatch ● May 7, 2026
They dodged around the base of the ferris wheel.
From "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt
Underage users have been dodging the restrictions by using accounts registered to older people, setting up fake accounts, or by logging into private browsers.
From Barron's ● Jun. 24, 2026
She enters the mosh pit fearlessly, dodging flailing arms to two-step — a synchronized dance move that requires punching and running in place — unleashing her energy in the punk sanctum.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 22, 2026
So you are running too now, dodging and weaving past all the rubes who haven’t yet figured out the score.
From Slate ● Jun. 16, 2026
"The key point was she'd been cleared of either tax dodging or being careless," they added.
From BBC ● May 15, 2026
Peach and I both began shouting as Daddy and Mr. Johnson appeared in the boat, dodging trees and debris and calling for us.
From Each Little Bird That Sings by Deborah Wiles
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