dodges 1 of 2

plural of dodge

dodges

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of dodge
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as in weaves
to move suddenly aside or to and fro dodging through the crowd on his way to the exit

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Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of dodges
Noun
There's also knee slides, double jumps, and quick-dodges in all directions. Griff Griffin, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025 The former is what the first game had, and is more meant for short-range dashes and dodges. Ollie Barder, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025 There’s a lot of common dodges and evasions. Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2025 Each character has a base suite of moves including light and heavy attacks, dodges or blocks (depending on the hero), and special moves that expend a stamina meter. Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 5 Aug. 2025
Verb
Ahmed stars as Ash, an anonymous broker who dodges that Orwellian surveillance to help sketchy companies and whistleblowers come to an agreement. Meredith G. White, AZCentral.com, 27 Aug. 2025 The iRobot Roomba Essential quietly cleans the floors, dodges furniture like it’s lived here forever, and empties itself when it’s done. Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 10 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dodges
Noun
  • Episode 4 finds both Ellen and Julia throwing themselves headlong into plans that require them to keep up major ruses.
    Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 22 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Tintinnabuli was inspired, in part, by Pärt’s interest in much earlier styles of Christian music, including Gregorian chant – the single-voice singing of Roman Catholicism – and Renaissance polyphony, which weaves together multiple melodic lines.
    Jeffers Engelhardt, The Conversation, 10 Sep. 2025
  • On Water Expeditions The Hooghly River weaves through the Indian state of West Bengal from the Ganges, its parent river, to the sea, through a landscape lined with mustard fields and mango orchards.
    Bailey Berg, AFAR Media, 9 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • But the Free Speech Coalition said companies might still be liable if a user in a state requiring age verification circumvents geographic targeting with a VPN.
    Jasmine Mithani, Them., 3 Sep. 2025
  • Unfortunately, this entire process circumvents the necessary regulatory and congressional oversight processes.
    DP Opinion, Denver Post, 19 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Renewed sanctions may not deal much of an economic blow to Iran, especially if China evades them, but can be a potent political tool to stir fears of vulnerability and future military action, a Washington Institute expert argued.
    semafor.com, semafor.com, 1 Sep. 2025
  • There has been a lot of research into understanding how cancer evades the body’s immune system, and the ways that science might be able to get around that.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 4 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • The lack of action or will to curb this has led some researchers to seriously propose planetary-scale geoengineering schemes.
    Alec Luhn, Scientific American, 11 Sep. 2025
  • But his greedy schemes and her desire to keep her dog immortal led to the downfall of her once-thriving business and turned her into a woman on the run.
    Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 11 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The way a Newfoundland dog carefully ducks his head to avoid getting bumped by a car trunk has captured hearts across the internet.
    Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Shifting key conversations to group settings builds alignment, avoids silos and saves time.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
  • The new system avoids this brute-force approach.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Laura escapes her grasp and submerges Cherry, which Daniel witnesses.
    Erin Jensen, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Although the shooting causes alarm and triggers police investigations, Serafina initially escapes direct consequences by going into hiding.
    Isabella Wandermurem, Time, 10 Sep. 2025

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“Dodges.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dodges. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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