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shied

¹ American

[shahyd] / ʃaɪd /

verb

simple past tense and past participle of shy.

shied ² American

[shahyd] / ʃaɪd /

verb

simple past tense and past participle of shy.

shied British

/ ʃaɪd /

verb

the past tense and past participle of shy 1 shy 2

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Though shoppers still replaced aging or broken appliances with modestly priced equivalents, they shied away from the company’s higher-price, more profitable models.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026

On Friday, judiciary chief Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei, a senior figure and well-respected cleric, said "the Islamic Republic has never shied away from negotiations".

From Barron's • May 1, 2026

These are arguments that the prime minister - who made his political fortune in the Labour Party as Jeremy Corbyn's shadow Brexit secretary - had mostly shied away from making as leader until fairly recently.

From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026

But while her previous pictures never shied away from tenderness despite their outré scenarios, her latest is a far more melancholy affair.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

Widespread preoccupation with litigation, however, is not the only—or even the main—reason civil rights groups have shied away from challenging the new caste system.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander

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