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evade

[ih-vayd] / ɪˈveɪd /


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A second successful challenge and strikeout — and Yamamoto seemed to want to challenge, pointing to his head — would have helped the Dodgers evade the waking nightmare of the third inning.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

We have already found that the world's biggest accountancy firm, Deloitte, helped in falsifying documents to hide his wealth and evade tax.

From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026

Dolly Parton’s estate has claimed that the late country music icon’s nephew, Bryan Seaver, went to extraordinary lengths to evade being served with a summons—including allegedly draping barbed wire around the entrance to his property.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 12, 2026

The Wall Street Journal reported in May that Iran used Binance as a backdoor to evade America’s financial sanctions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

I see Autumn’s eyes as wide as baseballs as she continues to evade the troll’s attacks.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer

Whenever I try to ask him about specific attacks that took place in civilian areas, he evades the question.

From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026

She evades that reality in “107 Days,” in which she dismisses antiwar protesters at her rallies as mere “hecklers.”

From Salon ● May 5, 2026

In lab studies, the Cicada subvariant efficiently evades immunity from a prior vaccination or infection, according to a report published by the U.S.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 20, 2026

“It seems sometimes progress evades us,” Walker says.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 25, 2025

“Rats have no thumbs and therefore cannot do many things that we can. They cannot make tools or weapons. They are masters of destruction, but creation evades them,” said Vikus.

From "Gregor the Overlander" by Suzanne Collins

People walking on the boardwalk narrowly evaded getting hit, with one woman jumping over the railing just in time before the car sped by.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026

The U.S. warships evaded the attacks, but American officials are concerned that Iran has improved its ability to target ships.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

Social media companies have evaded certain types of lawsuits in the United States due to free speech protections that shield them from liability.

From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026

Friends and family have largely evaded questions - among them Kelce's sister-in-law.

From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2026

I assumed she was there to talk to me about him and I evaded her, brushing her away with a neutral smile.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood

Navy and Gulf oil producers have recently improved at fending off or evading Iranian attacks, allowing more tankers to cross the strait.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

Anthropic in February said Chinese companies used “fraudulent accounts and proxy services to access Claude at scale while evading detection.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026

A report from the UK's Centre for Long Term Resilience, external, published last week, identified hundreds of incidents of AI tools ignoring instructions, evading safeguards and deceiving humans, including AI agents deleting files without consent.

From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026

First, Jefferson ran from one sideline to the other in the backfield, evading would-be defenders.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026

“I am happy Reb Saunders knows now about his son’s reading,” he said quietly, evading my question.

From "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok


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