maneuvers (around)

verb

present tense third-person singular of maneuver (around)
as in evades

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  1. evades
  2. sidesteps
  3. dodges
Verb
  • However, Noussair Mazraoui evades Casemiro’s challenge far too easily before Bilal El Khannouss releases Achraf Hakimi on the far side.
    — Mark Carey, New York Times, 6 July 2026
  • If the armed forces are the instrument through which the president evades the Constitution, then the leaders of those armed forces must answer for their role.
    — Jon Duffy, Mercury News, 25 June 2026
Definition of evades
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  • Animation sidesteps the problem.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 28 June 2026
  • Owning the company that designs the custom silicon underneath all of them sidesteps the guessing game entirely.
    — Jon Markman, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026
Definition of sidesteps
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  • Hatcher — a Pomo shape-shifter who dodges prejudice by passing as Mexican in the novel — is a thorny protagonist, often cunning, scheming and unforgiving.
    — Maddie Connors, Los Angeles Times, 24 June 2026
  • Lionel Messi rebounds his own miss and dodges three Austrian defenders with a sliding second goal in stoppage time to put the exclamation mark on an historic performance for him and Argentina today in Arlington.
    — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 June 2026
Definition of dodges
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“Maneuvers (around).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/maneuvers%20%28around%29. Accessed 11 Jul. 2026.

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