shy away from
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Chargers offensive coordinator Mike McDaniel didn’t shy away from discussing his job security Thursday amid a frustrating 0-5 start to the season.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026
Bennett explained that "a certain evidential threshold" had to be reached before identifying individuals online, but said as a council they did not want to "shy away" from the problem.
From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026
The palace spokesperson told reporters the king's visit, from October 27 to November 4, would not "shy away from the 'darkest days of our past' as His Majesty has described them".
From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026
But he doesn’t shy away from the troubling details, including the nearly 50-year relationship McCarthy had with Augusta Britt.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
He wrote and then erased, “Most of these slight variations tend to become hereditary’ He did not shy away from problems; he listed them.
From "Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith" by Deborah Heiligman
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