as in avoiding
to get or keep away from (as a responsibility) through cleverness or trickery
people who use every loophole in the law to evade paying taxes
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Recent Examples of evading
But the man who killed UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson outside a busy hotel keeps evading capture.
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Holly Yan, CNN, 7 Dec. 2024
As pirate video vendors went from evading police to paying taxes, the paquete flourished.
—Laura-Zoë Humphreys and Daymar Valdés Frigola / Made By History, TIME, 6 Dec. 2024
The latter include possessing a handgun while actively using drugs and evading over $1 million in federal income tax while spending lavishly on drugs and escorts.
—Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2024
Deputies then used a PIT maneuver (when a pursuing vehicle turns the evading car sideways) forcing the driver to stop.
—Eduardo Cuevas, USA TODAY, 1 Dec. 2024
He was sentenced to one year in prison, suspended for two years, under the Military Service Act, which allows for sentences of up to three years for evading mandatory military service without justifiable cause.
—Stella Kim, NBC News, 26 Nov. 2024
The driver, Adam Canales, 18, was arrested on charges of evading police and vehicular manslaughter, according to the Sheriff’s Office.
—Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 18 Oct. 2024
But the world itself isn’t getting better; the pair are mostly evading its reach, fighting off the nameless queen of darkness who is spreading the plague as their journey gets darker and deeper into the recesses of their mind in search of hope.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 15 Oct. 2024
With this newfound power, Exo takes on the overlords of a crumbling Grid all while evading Conn, a malevolent agent of CORE.
—Jennifer Maas, Variety, 14 Oct. 2024
Holly Yan, CNN, 7 Dec. 2024
As pirate video vendors went from evading police to paying taxes, the paquete flourished.
—Laura-Zoë Humphreys and Daymar Valdés Frigola / Made By History, TIME, 6 Dec. 2024
The latter include possessing a handgun while actively using drugs and evading over $1 million in federal income tax while spending lavishly on drugs and escorts.
—Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2024
Deputies then used a PIT maneuver (when a pursuing vehicle turns the evading car sideways) forcing the driver to stop.
—Eduardo Cuevas, USA TODAY, 1 Dec. 2024
He was sentenced to one year in prison, suspended for two years, under the Military Service Act, which allows for sentences of up to three years for evading mandatory military service without justifiable cause.
—Stella Kim, NBC News, 26 Nov. 2024
The driver, Adam Canales, 18, was arrested on charges of evading police and vehicular manslaughter, according to the Sheriff’s Office.
—Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 18 Oct. 2024
But the world itself isn’t getting better; the pair are mostly evading its reach, fighting off the nameless queen of darkness who is spreading the plague as their journey gets darker and deeper into the recesses of their mind in search of hope.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 15 Oct. 2024
With this newfound power, Exo takes on the overlords of a crumbling Grid all while evading Conn, a malevolent agent of CORE.
—Jennifer Maas, Variety, 14 Oct. 2024
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“Evading.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/evading. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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