Thesaurus / avoid
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The executive wondered whether his employer could prevent him from taking the trip, or if he’d have to avoid returning to the office afterward.
33 STATES HAVE INSTITUTED POST-TRAVEL COVID QUARANTINES—POSING A DILEMMA FOR EXECUTIVESJEFFJULY 23, 2020FORTUNEI then made a line of small piles of ricotta stuffing, before folding over the pasta and squeezing out air pockets to avoid the raviolis bursting in the boiling water.
WITH FOOD TOURISM IN CRISIS, VIRTUAL PASTA AND PAELLA COURSES TAKE OFFBERNHARD WARNERJULY 18, 2020FORTUNEBecause of coronavirus fears, many people have switched to using credit cards and mobile payments to avoid handling money.
WHY IS THERE A COIN SHORTAGE IN THE U.S.?DANIELLE ABRILJULY 18, 2020FORTUNEThe state has released about 10,000 inmates early to avoid crowding because of the pandemic, and another 8,000 could be released by August.
CALIFORNIA IS FACING A WILDFIRE FIGHTER SHORTAGE BECAUSE PRISONERS ARE GETTING SICK WITH COVIDNICOLE GOODKINDJULY 15, 2020FORTUNEFor example, it can allow households to avoid home foreclosure, evictions and car repossession.
BANKRUPTCY COURTS ILL-PREPARED FOR TSUNAMI OF PEOPLE GOING BROKE FROM CORONAVIRUS SHUTDOWNLGBTQ-EDITORJULY 12, 2020NO STRAIGHT NEWSWalkers and joggers politely cross the street to avoid proximity to each other.
ARE WE ALL OCD NOW, WITH OBSESSIVE HAND-WASHING AND TECHNOLOGY ADDICTION?LGBTQ-EDITORJUNE 15, 2020NO STRAIGHT NEWSHe had not estimated that if Jean Baptiste sought his wife secretly, it must have been because he wished to avoid him.
THE HOMESTEADEROSCAR MICHEAUXBut I always suspected it was a stratagem on his part to avoid playing, and that nothing really ailed him.
MUSIC-STUDY IN GERMANYAMY FAYBut it was my only chance then; or rather I had seen enough of business to avoid making mistakes when I could.
ANCESTORSGERTRUDE ATHERTONShe stopped, and turned to face him, an incredible shyness seeming to cause her to avoid his gaze.
ST. MARTIN'S SUMMERRAFAEL SABATINIWORDS RELATED TO AVOID
- anticipate
- arrest
- avert
- avoid
- baffle
- balk
- bar
- block
- check
- chill
- cool
- cork
- counter
- counteract
- dam
- dead-end
- debar
- defend against
- foil
- forbid
- forestall
- forfend
- frustrate
- halt
- hamper
- head off
- hinder
- hold back
- hold off
- impede
- inhibit
- intercept
- interdict
- interrupt
- keep lid on
- limit
- nip in the bud
- obstruct
- obviate
- preclude
- prohibit
- put a stop to
- put an end to
- repress
- restrain
- restrict
- retard
- rule out
- shut out
- stave off
- stop
- thwart
- turn aside
- ward off
- anticipates
- arrests
- averts
- avoids
- baffles
- balks
- bars
- blocks
- checks
- chills
- cools
- corks
- counteracts
- counters
- dams
- debars
- defends against
- foils
- forbids
- forestalls
- forfends
- frustrates
- halts
- hampers
- heads off
- hinders
- holds back
- holds off
- impedes
- inhibits
- intercepts
- interdicts
- interrupts
- keeps lid on
- limits
- nip in the bud
- obstructs
- obviates
- precludes
- prohibits
- puts a stop to
- puts an end to
- represses
- restrains
- restricts
- retards
- rules out
- shuts out
- staves off
- stops
- thwarts
- turns aside
- wards off
- avoid
- be noncommittal
- beat around the bush
- creep
- dodge
- duck the issues
- equivocate
- evade
- glide
- hedge
- hem and haw
- lurk
- play it close to the vest
- prevaricate
- prowl
- shuffle
- sidestep
- sit on the fence
- skirt
- skulk
- slide
- slink
- slip
- sneak
- steal
- tergiversate
- tergiverse
- tiptoe
- tread warily
- watch one's step
- weasel
- altercate
- argue over
- argufy
- avoid
- bicker
- blow hot and cold
- carp
- catch at straws
- cavil
- chicane
- criticize
- dispute
- equivocate
- evade
- fence
- flip-flop
- hassle
- have at it
- hem and haw
- hypercriticize
- make a big thing about
- nit-pick
- paralogize
- pettifog
- pretend
- prevaricate
- put up an argument
- set to
- shift
- spar
- split hairs
- squabble
- talk back
- waffle
- wrangle
- abandon
- avoid
- back
- back away
- back down
- back off
- back out
- backtrack
- beat it
- cave in
- decamp
- depart
- disengage
- draw back
- ebb
- elude
- escape
- evacuate
- evade
- fall back
- fold
- give ground
- go
- go along with
- go back
- hand over
- hide
- keep aloof
- keep apart
- lay down
- leave
- move back
- opt out
- pull out
- quail
- quit
- recede
- recoil
- reel
- regress
- relinquish
- resign
- retire
- retrocede
- retrograde
- reverse
- run
- seclude oneself
- sequester
- shrink
- start back
- turn tail
- vacate
- withdraw
- abandons
- avoids
- back away
- back down
- back off
- back out
- backs
- backtracks
- beats it
- caves in
- decamps
- departs
- disengages
- draws back
- ebbs
- eludes
- escapes
- evacuates
- evades
- falls back
- folds
- gives ground
- goes
- goes along with
- goes back
- hands over
- hides
- keeps aloof
- keeps apart
- leaves
- lies down
- moves back
- opts out
- pulls out
- quails
- quits
- recedes
- recoils
- reels
- regresses
- relinquishes
- resigns
- retires
- retrocedes
- retrogrades
- reverses
- runs
- seclude oneself
- sequesters
- shrinks
- starts back
- turns tail
- vacates
- withdraws
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