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dodging





NOUN
circumvention
Synonyms
Antonyms
STRONG




Example Sentences

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Dodging the pouring rain, she and Coley-Pearson scuttled into the elections office shortly before it closed.

From Salon • Sep. 13, 2022

Dodging this executive-legislative crossfire, I would interject only to note that Allen’s committee did recommend funding the hiring of 347 sworn D.C. police officers and supported $1.2 million for a police retention program.

From Washington Post • Apr. 24, 2022

Dodging in and out of traffic, I finally got past the gantlet.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 23, 2021

Dodging definitions, he referred to himself, half-jokingly, as a nomad, though he didn’t live like one.

From New York Times • Dec. 28, 2017

“And those cowboys and Indians. What kind of place is that for a child to grow up in? Dodging bullets and arrows?”

From "In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson" by Bette Bao Lord




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