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as in circumvented
to avoid having to comply with (something) especially through cleverness
always trying to dodge the landlord's rule prohibiting pets
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as in evaded
to get or keep away from (as a responsibility) through cleverness or trickery
dodged the horde of paparazzi by leaving through the service entrance
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Recent Examples of dodged
By making the obvious choice of waiting until a new app is as good or better than the current app before killing the app’s predecessor, AcuRite may have dodged a bullet.
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Scharon Harding, ArsTechnica, 11 June 2026
Investors may have dodged the most significant bullet on June 5, when Standard & Poor’s opted not to change its index-listing rules for any of its market indices.
—Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2026
Fortunately, head coach John Harbaugh said the Giants dodged a bullet.
—Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 8 June 2026
While the black demon pursued me, the boys dodged back and grabbed the nest.
—Byron W. Dalrymple, Outdoor Life, 4 June 2026
The New England Patriots dodged a bullet Sunday during a celebrity softball game.
—Joe Kinsey Outkick, FOXNews.com, 1 June 2026
Junior Caminero doubled in the third, when his popup dodged the Tropicana Field catwalks before landing in the infield.
—ABC News, 30 May 2026
Lindsey dodged the vehicle and ran across the parking lot from Milligan, who followed him and ran over Lyndsey at a high speed.
—Caroline Zimmerman
may 28, Kansas City Star, 28 May 2026
Murray has deftly dodged any discussion of depth-chart expectation.
—Dave Campbell, Chicago Tribune, 28 May 2026
Scharon Harding, ArsTechnica, 11 June 2026
Investors may have dodged the most significant bullet on June 5, when Standard & Poor’s opted not to change its index-listing rules for any of its market indices.
—Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2026
Fortunately, head coach John Harbaugh said the Giants dodged a bullet.
—Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 8 June 2026
While the black demon pursued me, the boys dodged back and grabbed the nest.
—Byron W. Dalrymple, Outdoor Life, 4 June 2026
The New England Patriots dodged a bullet Sunday during a celebrity softball game.
—Joe Kinsey Outkick, FOXNews.com, 1 June 2026
Junior Caminero doubled in the third, when his popup dodged the Tropicana Field catwalks before landing in the infield.
—ABC News, 30 May 2026
Lindsey dodged the vehicle and ran across the parking lot from Milligan, who followed him and ran over Lyndsey at a high speed.
—Caroline Zimmerman
may 28, Kansas City Star, 28 May 2026
Murray has deftly dodged any discussion of depth-chart expectation.
—Dave Campbell, Chicago Tribune, 28 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dodged
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The nurse told investigators Samuelson saved his life, and according to court documents, surveillance video also shows that immediately after the nurse ducked into the hallway to get away from Grafton, Samuelson stopped moving and appeared motionless.—
Todd Feurer,
CBS News,
27 May 2026
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So the team and I immediately dropped to the ground, ducked and covered.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
24 May 2026
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Torre’s team, and later The Athletic, dug into the connections between Aspiration and Clippers’ billionaire owner Steve Ballmer, who had invested $60 million in the company, and the NBA announced an investigation to determine whether Ballmer and the Clippers circumvented salary cap rules.—
Shakeia Taylor,
New York Times,
29 May 2026
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While communication between candidate campaigns and independent committees is forbidden, these rules are commonly circumvented using legal but obvious methods.—
Seema Mehta,
Los Angeles Times,
26 May 2026
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Minions have now evaded Wendy's.—
Bianca Harris,
USA Today,
15 June 2026
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Despite being a major 20th-century modernist, Galentz’s canvases have long-evaded definitive categorization.—
The Editors of ARTnews,
ARTnews.com,
12 June 2026
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But in Brazil, the main terrestrial broadcaster, Globo, has avoided advertising.—
Tom Burrows,
New York Times,
17 June 2026
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Carter Jensen led off the game with a home run, and John Rave, Lane Thomas and Michael Massey also went deep as the Royals avoided a three-game sweep in Washington.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
17 June 2026
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Kansas City police are continuing to search for a 22-year-old man suspected of instigating a string of shootings Tuesday night, who has now escaped two standoffs with law enforcement.—
Ilana Arougheti
June 18,
Kansas City Star,
18 June 2026
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Over the course of a 60-yard run, Maradona danced past opponents, escaped challenges and left English defenders helpless before beating the goalkeeper with a clinical finish.—
Cesar R. Torres,
The Conversation,
17 June 2026
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For the past five years, Juneteenth has been recognized as a federal holiday, encouraging people across the country to reflect not only on the nation's tangled past with slavery, but the wider legacy of forgotten, ignored and intentionally buried stories about Black America.—
Drew Pittock,
USA Today,
18 June 2026
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Against such seismic personal developments, the simultaneous grown and depletion of White Rock and its environs happen at a far more gradual pace, but don’t go ignored by Choijoovanchig and his patient camera.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
18 June 2026
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Breaking from traditional market protocols, SpaceX bypassed the customary pricing range to offer investors a rigid, take-it-or-leave-it share price of $135.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
12 June 2026
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The order is also in line with expert consensus that individual technical safeguards are imperfect and can be bypassed by attackers.—
Anjana Susarla,
The Conversation,
12 June 2026
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“Dodged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dodged. Accessed 19 Jun. 2026.
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