evade

Example Sentences

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Designating the addresses of these so-called company secretaries makes it harder for smugglers to create new shell companies and evade detection, the Commerce Department says.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026

“Once the money was paid out,” Bonta said, “it was funneled through a complex web of over 130 shell companies and hidden across bank accounts, payment apps and cryptocurrency to evade detection.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

It later emerged two associates, Stephen Larwood and an unnamed man, arrived on the same flight as Lyons but managed to evade detection at the airport.

From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026

That includes using drones for tasks that once would have required sending a soldier to the danger zone, having troops hunker down in underground bunkers, and increasing efforts to evade detection.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026

Even today, when so much about the myth of the macho no longer concerns me, I cannot altogether evade such notions.

From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez