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evade

[ih-vayd] / ɪˈveɪd /


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A second successful challenge and strikeout — and Yamamoto seemed to want to challenge, pointing to his head — would have helped the Dodgers evade the waking nightmare of the third inning.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

Deloitte, the world's biggest accountancy firm, helped in falsifying documents to hide Roman Abramovich's wealth and evade tax, a BBC investigation has found.

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

Mullin said that Bergal had an extensive criminal history and was trying to evade arrest.

From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026

A feeble gray paw emerged from the pile behind them, struggling to evade their grasp.

From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia

She evades that reality in “107 Days,” in which she dismisses antiwar protesters at her rallies as mere “hecklers.”

From Salon ● May 5, 2026

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

“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

Roman Abramovich's lawyers said he denies that he evaded tax or concealed his fortune.

From BBC ● Oct. 12, 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

Older residents and long-serving zoo staff remember another capybara that evaded capture for more than two months along the same stretch of river.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026

“Why didn’t you ask Granny that?” my mother evaded me again in a taunting voice.

From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright

Navy and Gulf oil producers have become better at fending off or evading Iranian attacks, allowing more tankers to cross the strait.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

A report from the UK's Centre for Long Term Resilience, external, published last week, identified hundreds of incidents of AI tools ignoring instructions, evading safeguards and deceiving humans, including AI agents deleting files without consent.

From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026

On the other hand, Geodon, Risperdal, Seroquel, and all the other heavyweight antipsychotics have a much longer half-life, evading the liver for quite a while.

From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman


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