avoid
Example Sentences
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“I think most retail investors should avoid trading this like the plague,” said Dave Nadig, a veteran fund analyst who expects extreme volatility in SpaceX share prices in the weeks after it goes public.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026
One company hoping to avoid any "World Cup sickies" is Birmingham-based digital agency Pull the Pin where founder Sam Hufton has expanded the firm's flexible working policy.
From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026
One encouraging sign for the deal is that Paramount apparently wants to avoid a legal challenge at the state level.
From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026
“We saw customers aggressively buying Friday’s dip, and when the usual bounce failed, it became hard to avoid the wave,” he said.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026
Which, I reminded myself, was a situation my mother had given me strict instructions to avoid.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
Vocabulary lists containing avoid
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Workshop 5, Part 1
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