dodge
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Still, some people with electric cars have set up solar charging stations to dodge the problem altogether.
From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026
Best get out of dodge as quickly as possible.
From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026
Lange said her pilot had to dodge another plane coming at them, performed a “flip” and was able to set down at Van Nuys Airport.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
The drama has come as a surprise to some who know Walter, who has earned respect for his financial acumen and, despite his purchases of high-profile sports teams, has tended to dodge publicity.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026
Most players wouldn’t have been able to dodge it.
From "Warcross" by Marie Lu
How else can you explain a verse that is 90% throat-clearing and preemptive dodges of the backlash he knows is coming?
From Salon ● Oct. 21, 2026
He artfully dodges, however, two of the most important issues: energy and immigration.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 19, 2026
Thankfully, Lynn Cullen’s novel about Marilyn, “When We Were Brilliant,” dodges all these myriad bullets.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 20, 2026
In the clip, Mace repeatedly dodges a question about upcoming town halls and asks when the man she's speaking to will stop "harassing" her.
From Salon ● Apr. 20, 2025
Flashes of light zip through the dining hall, but the Manifestor dodges every juju that Dad and Uncle Ty draw.
From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas
He also dodged bribery charges in August for trying the same stunt in the Wisconsin Supreme Court election.
From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2026
Asia and Europe, had until now dodged the deadly virus.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
He noted that unemployment remains low, argued that the economy remains strong, and dodged questions about whether he plans to speak with Trump.
From Slate ● Sep. 16, 2026
When asked to comment on situation by local media, he dodged the question.
From Barron's ● Sep. 12, 2026
Instead of answering “Coming!” and running to her, he dodged under a hedge, scraping his knees.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
He arrived in Florida Wednesday after dodging Brazilian authorities who demanded his passports.
From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026
A video clip of a sprinting Bora dodging slow-moving police quickly went viral.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026
Car radios were still uncommon, but one afternoon, the airborne commander spent 20 minutes chewing out a Sunday driver he saw weaving and dodging through a traffic jam in Queens.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
Evercore analysts said the move will also allow SpaceX to put data centers into orbit, potentially dodging the growing backlash in the U.S. against artificial-intelligence cloud operators.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 27, 2026
Ducking, dodging, hopping over all the little skirmishes that broke out.
From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles
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