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evade

[ih-veyd] / ɪˈveɪd /


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In the statement, external, DHS alleged that Salgado had "attempted to evade arrest".

From BBC Jul. 9, 2026

The Journal has also reported that CoinEx, an eight-year-old exchange founded by a Chinese engineer, has played a growing role in connecting Iran’s crypto operations to the world as the country tries to evade sanctions.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 4, 2026

Soon after disembarking at Hong Kong's train station, Chinese private investor Feng was opening a stock trading account at a nearby brokerage, hoping to evade tighter restrictions on capital leaving the country.

From Barron's Jul. 3, 2026

Rossi had fled to Scotland in 2021 in an attempt to evade justice but was arrested in the Covid ward of a Glasgow hospital.

From BBC Jun. 26, 2026

She’d call me minx and try to hem me in with more specific instructions, which I would find new ways to evade.

From "Ella Enchanted" by Gail Carson Levine

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

From Salon May 5, 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

“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

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

"Bradford has evaded inquiries for many, many years and it's time that the full truth about what happened comes out," she said.

From BBC Jun. 24, 2026

This flywheel strategy that Walt Disney pioneered also evaded the risk of oversaturation.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 19, 2026

The frenzy over Anthropic’s Fable started late last week, when researchers at Amazon showed some safeguards on Fable could be evaded, alarming White House officials, The Wall Street Journal previously reported.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 14, 2026

She evaded their questions masterfully, with a martyred air.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt

It can also be deeply damaging when it becomes a means of evading the truth.

From Salon Jul. 13, 2026

An "extremely intelligent" bear that injured four people in northern Japan remains at large as of Friday, after apparently unlatching a window while evading capture and turning on a water tap, officials said.

From Barron's Jun. 5, 2026

We agreed not to reveal some of the details of their methods, to prevent criminals evading capture.

From BBC May 19, 2026

The Diamond Princess is actually quite an informative example of how many people might be evading doctors on cruise ships.

From Slate May 16, 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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