evade
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Cancer cells can sometimes evade the immune system by surrounding themselves with a dense layer of sugar-derived molecules.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 1, 2026
Staley denied the move was to help Epstein evade scrutiny.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
Shell companies are dangerous because they are used both by criminal organizations to evade sanctions and launder money and by the rich to avoid taxes.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 27, 2026
Prosecutors have argued the Tates are a "flight risk", citing the brothers' past statements about their wealth and influence and having multiple identities to evade the law.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
The trick with these silent words is to walk in the spaces between them, turn sideways in your head, evade.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
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Chip falls in with a troupe of street performers, evades the police, juggles along the Seine and eventually wanders into a smoky bar, where Penelope is strumming her guitar.
From Salon ● Jun. 30, 2026
In lab studies, the Cicada subvariant efficiently evades immunity from a prior vaccination or infection, according to a report published by the U.S.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 20, 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
“Rats have no thumbs and therefore cannot do many things that we can. They cannot make tools or weapons. They are masters of destruction, but creation evades them,” said Vikus.
From "Gregor the Overlander" by Suzanne Collins
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The driver successfully and momentarily evaded officers, who found his abandoned motorcycle, valued at $5,000, in a nearby alley, according to Buttitta.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026
Friends and family have largely evaded questions - among them Kelce's sister-in-law.
From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2026
Even the perennial budget champion, however, hasn't evaded a "wave of price hikes", Yoshihiro Noro, former head of the Japan Natto Cooperative Society Federation, told AFP.
From Barron's ● Jun. 22, 2026
Amazon researchers showed some safeguards on Fable could be evaded, alarming White House officials.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 14, 2026
He reached for her, but she evaded his arms.
From "Tiger, Tiger" by Lynne Reid Banks
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Incidents of such loss of control continue to be catnip for AI ethicists, who contend that companies are evading moral responsibilities and accountability by describing it as their AI making its own choices.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026
It can also be deeply damaging when it becomes a means of evading the truth.
From Salon ● Jul. 13, 2026
Kent Police said after initially evading arrest, the suspect had run toward Tivoli Road in Margate.
From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2026
And for the NCAA, the possibility of Sorsby evading consequences is an existential crisis.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 9, 2026
In evading and warding off wage increases, employers are of course behaving in an economically rational fashion; their business isn’t to make their employees more comfortable and secure but to maximize the bottom line.
From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich
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