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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

Children are ducking turnstiles — and fares — in great numbers.

From New York Times • Jul. 20, 2011

"But who is this they are ducking in the pool?" asked Pi Bol.

From Condensed Novels: New Burlesques by Harte, Bret