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evade

[ih-vayd] / ɪˈveɪd /


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From Batman masks to offline maps, young Indian protesters have responded to one of New Delhi's toughest security crackdowns with improvised tactics designed to evade surveillance and keep demonstrations alive.

From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2026

We have already found that the world's biggest accountancy firm, Deloitte, helped in falsifying documents to hide his wealth and evade tax.

From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026

In court documents, She’s Alive argued against the delay and accused Seaver of having “attempted to evade service of process,” adding that the court “should not reward that behavior.”

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 12, 2026

The following day, lawyers for She’s Alive asked the court to deny this motion, arguing that Seaver “attempted to evade service of process” and that the “court should not reward that behavior.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026

His straining faculties manufactured or else picked up a haunted, tongueless fear, by someone retreating from him, someone blown back to the farthest wall of the apartment in an attempt to evade him.

From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick

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

Less smug but still rather inscrutable, he sips on tea and evades answering Arisu’s question directly, instead turning the tables.

From Salon ● Sep. 26, 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

“Not everything’s about you,” Alyssa says, but the way she evades Jacqui’s glare tells me that this time it is.

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman

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

Social media companies have evaded certain types of lawsuits in the United States due to free speech protections that shield them from liability.

From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026

He’d evaded immigration agents at least three times before he was detained in late June.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 26, 2026

Friends and family have largely evaded questions - among them Kelce's sister-in-law.

From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2026

Otherwise, I probably would have just evaded them by jumping to light speed.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline

Relatively inexpensive to make, they are evading Ukrainian air defenses and hunting down their targets more quickly than their propeller-powered predecessors.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

After evading West Midlands Police for more than two years, he was flown into Gatwick Airport last month and was then transported to a custody block in the West Midlands.

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026

First, Jefferson ran from one sideline to the other in the backfield, evading would-be defenders.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026

The Justice Department this year dropped its long-running prosecution of Turkish state-owned lender Halkbank for allegedly evading U.S. sanctions on Iran.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026

"I suppose I've been evading the issue again—as always. Look," he burst out impulsively.

From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison


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