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avoid

[uh-void] / əˈvɔɪd /


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Canada are the first team to avoid defeat against England since New Zealand beat them in the 2022 World Cup final, but John Mitchell's side are now unbeaten in 40 Tests.

From BBC Sep. 19, 2026

They say safety is always the top priority and that everyone in the air works together to avoid problems.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 19, 2026

This helps him identify specific techniques and important details that might have otherwise been overlooked—and avoid cultural missteps that might imperil conservation efforts by driving a wedge between locals and foreign conservators.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 18, 2026

In 2025, following multiple complaints that condo buildings’ master policies were either being cancelled or not renewed, Missouri’s Department of Commerce and Insurance told insurers to avoid doing so.

From MarketWatch Sep. 18, 2026

We scrambled across the intervening platforms, heads low to avoid another bump, dropped down to the aisle, and edged our way to a patch of light.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

Cruise avoids the personal by making his work inextricable from his life, thereby asking the reader to perform a clever thought exercise: What if Tom Cruise were telling the truth?

From Salon Sep. 17, 2026

But Keno runs instinctively: An ungrateful graduate of the foster-care system, he’s lived mostly on the streets and avoids trouble, except for all those misdemeanor violations Riley knows about.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 15, 2026

It means that the asset avoids probate — a public accounting of your estate.

From MarketWatch Sep. 3, 2026

More than a year later, she still avoids any route that takes her by the intersection where Carlos died.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 30, 2026

A vegan avoids all animal products, sometimes even leather. wash.

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner

Yet its refiners have limited their crude oil purchases and avoided running their facilities at full capacity.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 19, 2026

One noted that her colleagues avoided Dans at a recent conference.

From Salon Sep. 16, 2026

He spent years at Citadel, where he developed his investment philosophy before founding Magnetar Capital, growing it to more than $20 billion by identifying opportunities others avoided because uncertainty had driven capital away.

From MarketWatch Sep. 15, 2026

But Hoover, the former Biden administration advisor, said those calculations omit how much the country would have saved in avoided health care costs.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 14, 2026

The one thing Jinjoo was grateful for was that they’d avoided going into her friends’ neighborhood.

From "Finding Junie Kim" by Ellen Oh

For Vitamin B-2, which aids cellular metabolism, he devised a synthesis that improved on European methods while avoiding their patents, cutting the price by more than 99%.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 18, 2026

Sleep researchers often recommend avoiding caffeine for at least six hours before bedtime.

From BBC Sep. 17, 2026

Yet in 2026, they aren’t all avoiding bonds entirely while waiting for the trouble to blow over.

From MarketWatch Sep. 17, 2026

Even a colorblind administration should still be invested in avoiding preventable deaths.

From Slate Sep. 17, 2026

A couple times I’ve wanted to tell Dylan about what we found, but it seems like he’s avoiding me.

From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston




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