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ducking

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verb

present participle of duck

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for ducking
Noun
  • But in the third part of this book, entitled Escape, Dr Gee proposes a rather bizarre solution to our impending demise: establish colonies in space.
    GrrlScientist, Forbes.com, 11 May 2025
  • Investigators agreed, according to an FBI case memo filed three days after the escape.
    Andy Rose, CNN Money, 11 May 2025
Verb
  • Which only underscores the importance of drafting well and avoiding the need to fill holes through free agency.
    Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 14 Mar. 2025
  • His offseason of work at the position centered around avoiding that happening again.
    Fabian Ardaya, The Athletic, 14 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Craft is the connective tissue of our history, weaving itself through each iteration and enabling new players to interpret it in novel ways.
    Bill Connolly, Rolling Stone, 30 Dec. 2024
  • But police must notice a primary violation, such as speeding or weaving across lanes, to cite motorists for violating the cellphone law.
    David A. Lieb, Los Angeles Times, 29 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • Temperatures will climb to around 70 degrees on Tuesday before dipping to 67 degrees on Wednesday.
    Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 24 Mar. 2025
  • But why limit ranch to dipping finger foods or flavoring everyone's favorite casserole?
    Erin Hooker, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • The driver was arrested on charges of unlawful gun possession and evading police and booked at the Sacramento County Juvenile Hall.
    Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 7 Apr. 2025
  • Chau paid local fishermen to take him near North Sentinel Island, evading the exclusion zone.
    Newsweek Staff, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • To save cash and get under the skin of the capital, Athens, while dodging peak-season crowds, consider a winter trip.
    Helen Iatrou, AFAR Media, 9 Apr. 2025
  • The Nosferatu actor has been masterfully dodging questions about the franchise since.
    Stephanie Sengwe, People.com, 9 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • In between exploring Galicia’s storied cities, visitors should be sure to spend some time immersing themselves in the wilderness, with vast swathes of verdant forest to explore.
    Jared Ranahan, Forbes.com, 13 Apr. 2025
  • For example, the Kross Studio's Bat-Signal lamp illuminates, further immersing the collector into the universe of Gotham City and also conceals a dedicated space on his backside to safely store The Batman tourbillon or any other watch.
    Stéphane JG Girod, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The same language figures in each, the same threats, means of evasion, forms of institutional hostility.
    Tim Brinkhof, JSTOR Daily, 21 May 2025
  • Especially not someone like Rose, whose transgressions went far beyond the playing field and included everything from a tax evasion conviction to an extramarital affair with a teenager.
    Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 18 May 2025
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“Ducking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ducking. Accessed 25 May. 2025.

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