Example Sentences

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“It’s likely the next variant has emerged already but will evade surveillance for some time,” she said.

From New York Times • Jul. 20, 2022

Research to determine whether Omicron will evade protection from existing vaccines or prior infection is underway.

From Reuters • Dec. 8, 2021

She said she is fearful he will evade any real punishment for what she believes he did that cost the sick and old their lives.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 12, 2021

Furthermore, it’s likely that smaller, nondominant market players that engage in practices that, by the EU’s definition, are similarly abusive to consumers, will evade regulatory scrutiny altogether.

From Slate • Jul. 25, 2018

“Nonsense—that is but an idle feeling: besides, I will evade him somehow or another.”

From The Phantom Ship by Marryat, Frederick