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  • past tense form of avoid.
  • past participle of avoid.

avoided





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Anderson was one of Forest's star performers last season as they reached the Europa League semi-finals and avoided relegation from the Premier League, despite having four managers.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

The bestselling tenor also avoided the second inauguration but made a special Oval Office visit in October, when he serenaded the president.

From Slate • Jun. 11, 2026

As if given an inviolable order, kids who’d never met Charles avoided him without knowing, questioning or caring why.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

Erickson, during the civil trial, testified he avoided hitting the brothers, but Grossman did not.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

I have not only avoided Jakob, I’ve also succeeded in temporarily imagining he does not exist.

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin




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