Example Sentences

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Details of Areu’s arrest were not released, but prosecutors said she had been evading authorities since June, including spending time in Mexico.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 9, 2022

The moves come after a federal investigation into whether solar manufacturers had been evading tariffs on goods from China by exporting them through other countries.

From The Verge • Jun. 6, 2022

The department needed help, it said, in finding a fugitive that had been evading capture for months.

From Salon • Sep. 18, 2021

Actress Zheng Shuang, for example, sparked outrage after it was alleged that she had abandoned two children born to surrogates abroad, before news broke that she had been evading tax.

From BBC • Sep. 9, 2021

They had been evading the Oxscinian Navy for years, always slipping in and out of the city before anyone noticed, stirring up trouble in their wake.

From "The Reader" by Traci Chee