evaded

past tense of evade

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Recent Examples of evaded But in life James resisted metaphor and evaded attention. Yiyun Li, The New Yorker, 23 Mar. 2025 DeAngelo evaded prosecution for years while committing a string of murders and rapes across the Golden State between 1974 and 1986, including two murders and nine kidnappings in Sacramento County alone. Lia Russell, Sacramento Bee, 22 Mar. 2025 To date, PBMs have evaded reform efforts. Joshua P. Cohen, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025 Seizing the ball inside his own half, the Argentine midfielder evaded a desperate lunge before surging forward and feeding Beto for a late chance that the striker could not convert. Patrick Boyland, The Athletic, 14 Mar. 2025 Lesnar then evaded a spear and won with an F-5, becoming Universal Champion and giving Goldberg his first clean singles loss. Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 12 Mar. 2025 More importantly, Towns is in a situation where the team success that has evaded him to this point in his career is obtainable. James L. Edwards Iii, The Athletic, 14 Feb. 2025 Hermes has largely evaded a wider luxury sector downturn over recent years, maintaining a sense of allure and exclusivity where other brands have faced pushback amid higher costs and limited innovation. Karen Gilchrist, CNBC, 14 Feb. 2025 On Wednesday, Stearns evaded a question about molding the roster more in his image. Tim Britton, The Athletic, 13 Feb. 2025

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“Evaded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/evaded. Accessed 25 Apr. 2025.

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