avoid
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After being a Tab obsessive for years before its discontinuation, Ward now carefully rations Coke Zero to avoid drinking three a day.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026
She added: "However, any reform of the fit note process must put the health and wellbeing of patients first, be fully resourced and avoid creating additional workload for general practice."
From BBC • May 20, 2026
Should the stock fall below $130, investors must buy it or adjust the put to avoid assignment.
From Barron's • May 20, 2026
That’s not the only sign that the DOJ can’t avoid tripping over its own feet in this campaign.
From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026
As we climb the hill back to our home, we run into our neighbors Ahmet and Afrah and their boys, Sadik, Emir, and Nazim, and Papa can’t make us avoid them now.
From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar
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