Example Sentences

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Dodging almost a quarter of all the tackles they faced is no mean feat and testament to the progress they have made in this facet of the game.

From BBC • Mar. 19, 2024

Dodging the pouring rain, she and Coley-Pearson scuttled into the elections office shortly before it closed.

From Salon • Sep. 13, 2022

Dodging this executive-legislative crossfire, I would interject only to note that Allen’s committee did recommend funding the hiring of 347 sworn D.C. police officers and supported $1.2 million for a police retention program.

From Washington Post • Apr. 24, 2022

Dodging bulldozers, piles of animal guts and cattle, with curved metal spikes and trash bags in their hands, they head back into the fray.

From New York Times • Jan. 31, 2022

Dodging into an alley, he ran as fast as he could until he was certain he was ahead of Gebu.

From "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw