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shied

1 American  
[shahyd] / ʃaɪd /

verb

  1. simple past tense and past participle of shy.

shied 2 American  
[shahyd] / ʃaɪd /

verb

  1. simple past tense and past participle of shy.

shied British  
/ ʃaɪd /

verb

  1. the past tense and past participle of shy 1 shy 2

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Injectable versions of Wegovy and Zepbound generated a combined $26 billion in sales last year, but millions of people who could take the GLP-1 drugs have shied away.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

Head coach Eddie Howe has, naturally, shied away from such proclamations and wanted to protect a left-back who is still only 21.

From BBC • Mar. 18, 2026

He has embarrassingly conflated Iraq and Iran, and backpedaled on whether the U.S. is at war, but he has never shied away from a cable news hit.

From Salon • Mar. 8, 2026

Add to that a shrinking number of distributors — though some new ones recently emerged — and the inherent risk of funding a movie, and it’s no surprise investors have shied away.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 17, 2026

Behind that longed-for sound was another noise — an awful tumult that my mind shied away from.

From "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer

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