eschew
verb (used with object)
to abstain or keep away from; shun; avoid.
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov is due to meet Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba in Turkey on Thursday, the sort of direct high-level engagement with the Ukrainian government that Moscow has been eschewing for months.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 9, 2022