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By their mid-20s, South Asians in the U.S. and abroad often are ducking and dodging suggestions to assemble a Shaadi.com profile, and jokes about mothers creating profiles for their kids remain evergreen.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 13, 2022
In Chinatown, outreach workers are ducking into restaurants, urging line cooks and servers to walk down the block and get the shot.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 22, 2021
Both senators took the heat, if grudgingly so, which is notable when so many are ducking town halls altogether.
From Washington Times ● Feb. 27, 2017
A museum: Chinatown feels that way at times, if you are ducking under the lintel of a basement entrance like Wo Hop’s or Hop Kee’s to find Cantonese crab or lobster.
From New York Times ● Nov. 7, 2012
"But who is this they are ducking in the pool?" asked Pi Bol.
From Condensed Novels: New Burlesques by Bret Harte
