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Victor and his crew travel from Virginia to Nashville, evading and finally facing down a sinister force of silent enemies called the Phasers.

THE TALE OF A BASS PLAYER, SONIC EPIPHANIES AND A QUEST TO SAVE ‘REAL MUSIC’BEN RATLIFFFEBRUARY 12, 2021WASHINGTON POST

Viruses, especially those new to their hosts, often pick up mutations that help them adapt to their new habitat, or they evade drugs or immune attacks.

SIGNS THAT SARS-COV-2 IS EVOLVING TO AVOID IMMUNE RESPONSESJOHN TIMMERFEBRUARY 5, 2021ARS TECHNICA

They could evade existing vaccines, and we might have to keep playing catch-up to develop boosters that target the mutations.

HERE’S WHY VACCINES CAN END OUR COVID NIGHTMARELEANA WENFEBRUARY 5, 2021WASHINGTON POST

Safety reports filed with the federal government show some customers slowly munching popcorn, apple slices and chocolate pieces to evade the airlines’ mask requirements.

AS TRANSIT AGENCIES RAMP UP MASK ENFORCEMENT, CONGRESS AIRS CONCERNS ABOUT SAFETY OF TRANSPORTATION WORKERSMICHAEL LARISFEBRUARY 4, 2021WASHINGTON POST

It could start by opening DOJ investigations into police departments, like those in Phoenix and Oklahoma City, that have largely evaded federal intervention despite reporting relatively high rates of police violence.

THE POLICE DEPARTMENTS WITH THE BIGGEST RACIAL DISPARITIES IN ARRESTS AND KILLINGSSAMUEL SINYANGWEFEBRUARY 4, 2021FIVETHIRTYEIGHT

Notwithstanding the scientific consensus, fathers still struggle to evade the intense pressure they feel to conform with outdated and sexist cultural norms.

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Amazingly, Ellsberg and his wife evaded the FBI for 11 days, spreading copies of the Pentagon Papers across the country through a network of activists.

SEEING THE PENTAGON PAPERS IN A NEW LIGHTBY STEPHEN ENGELBERGFEBRUARY 3, 2021PROPUBLICA

Essential workers lost in vaccine scrum as states prioritize elderlyAll viruses change as they replicate, but virologists most fear the mutations that make it easier for viruses to spread, to evade vaccine protection and to cause deadlier disease.

U.S. RESPONSE TO CORONAVIRUS VARIANTS EMPHASIZES MASKS AND VACCINES INSTEAD OF LOCKDOWNSFENIT NIRAPPIL, BRITTANY SHAMMASFEBRUARY 2, 2021WASHINGTON POST

Their work stems from the thorny—or perhaps I should say “spikey”—ability of viruses to mutate in ways that allow them to evade our immune system.

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Also found in the South Africa variant, the mutation, known as E484k, could help it evade coronavirus antibodies.

THE AMAZONIAN CITY THAT HATCHED THE BRAZIL VARIANT HAS BEEN CRUSHED BY ITTERRENCE MCCOY, HELOÍSA TRAIANOJANUARY 27, 2021WASHINGTON POST

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