to be avoided

Example Sentences

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Vulnerable patients, including women giving birth and people with disabilities, were left without vital support, with the report finding that such tough rules needed to be avoided if possible.

From BBC • Mar. 19, 2026

And the rest of the world is something to be avoided.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 23, 2025

Hardships are not to be avoided or fled from at all costs.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 16, 2024

“No storm was to be avoided because it appeared too large or too violent,” a senior analyst for that endeavor, the Thunderstorm Project, later said at a meeting of the National Weather Association.

From New York Times • Nov. 30, 2024

The former follows fairly briskly on from the latter; or should do, if onstage catastrophe is to be avoided.

From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith