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Kelce's sister-in-law and Queer Eye star Antoni Porowski, a friend to the couple, have evaded questions, too.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026

Iran, China and an array of middlemen have evaded U.S. sanctions for years by shipping oil on aging tankers with opaque records.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

Police believed Freeman may have evaded capture with the help of locals sympathetic to his anti-authority views.

From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026

By training his attention on every turn of the screw, Dean was promptly discovering errors that might otherwise have evaded the Spirit inspection process.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 21, 2024

He’d been able to avoid Sheriff Dean all these months, and even though he seemed to have evaded his past, he didn’t want a face-to-face encounter now.

From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool