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dekes

verb

present tense third-person singular of deke

as in evades

to elude (an opponent in a sports contest) by making a deceptive or agile movement deked the lone defenseman with a deft move of his stick and went in for the breakaway

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Recent Examples of dekes At times, Acuña dekes fielders at second by slowing down and then bursting to third, stretching a double into a triple. — Jesús Cano, New York Times, 1 June 2026

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Neither of those interpretations would be entirely invalid, exactly, and yet The Basics of Philosophy — ironically enough, given its title — mostly evades any such moral didacticism.

— Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 4 Sep. 2026
Journalists and negotiators follow up when someone evades the point.

— Harvard Business Review, Harvard Business Review, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of evades

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Baksheng leaves behind a family and then creates a new one with other Teochew emigrants at an inn run by a feminist daughter, Zia Lamgi (Li Sitong) who dodges a revolving door of suitors.

— Randy Myers, Mercury News, 3 Sep. 2026
West Orange dodges a huge bullet as Hoban’s John Johnson drops a wide open pass that would’ve been an 80 yard touchdown.

— Buddy Collings, The Orlando Sentinel, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of dodges

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Seminole fakes the extra point kick and Luis Ojeda-Robles runs the ball in for the two point conversion.

— Buddy Collings, The Orlando Sentinel, 18 Sep. 2026
The film follows an insecure MBA student who fakes a broken ankle and poses as a medical student to win over a free-spirited woman who lives for music and dancing, only to see his lies unravel as real feelings take hold.

— Matt Grobar, Deadline, 16 Sep. 2026

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