evade
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To move sanctioned barrels, the regime leaned heavily on its shadow fleet—a clandestine tanker network used to evade sanctions.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
By helping just a few to evade sanctions, a company secretary could potentially add heavy regulatory burdens to hundreds of its clients.
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
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
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