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avoids

  • present tense form of avoid (3rd person singular).

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Philip Hutchinson, a Moscow-based former Conservative Party candidate from the UK who now helps other Westerners relocate to Russia, says he avoids discussing the war.

From BBC • Jun. 26, 2026

Then she calls out his main crime: He avoids the truth, she says.

From Salon • Jun. 18, 2026

SAR avoids many of those limitations and can provide regular snowline measurements throughout the melt season.

From Science Daily • Jun. 12, 2026

He said that he, like many others, avoids the area after dark, fearing it is haunted.

From Barron's • Jun. 12, 2026

I give Amma a questioning look, but she avoids my eyes.

From "Born Behind Bars" by Padma Venkatraman