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parrying

verb

present participle of parry

as in evading

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Prosecutors allege Reyes-Vargas has six prior convictions for bad or dangerous driving, including a DUI conviction, evading police, and engaging in a speed contest.

— Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 27 Aug. 2026
The father-daughter duo has set up shop ensconced in the woods, herding donkeys and so far evading the violence closing in on them from the outside.

— Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of evading

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Without more straightforward approaches from vendors, such as easily comprehensible privacy policies and avoiding inappropriate ads, monitors are dangerously encroaching into smart-TV-like territory.

— Scharon Harding, ArsTechnica, 24 Aug. 2026
The key, according to both experts, is avoiding too much width around the face.

— Laura Solla, Vogue, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of avoiding

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This is because the material that serves as the building blocks for planets is constantly escaping the swirling platters of gas and dust, or protoplanetary disks, that wrap around infant stars.

— Robert Lea, Space.com, 27 Aug. 2026
Fuller’s ideas are hard to summarize, but always seem to reach toward a utopian vision of escaping the drudgery of everyday life.

— Christopher Cox, Vanity Fair, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of escaping

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The chase that follows finds Reacher and Green eluding several officers in Magic Gardens, the South Street art space dominated by Philadelphia artist Isaiah Zagar’s multimedia mosaic labyrinth.

— Chris Klimek, Vulture, 26 Aug. 2026
The driver was arrested and is facing felony eluding charges.

— Christa Swanson, CBS News, 15 Aug. 2026

Definition of eluding

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In the small Sri Lankan surf town of Hiriketiya, tuk-tuks whiz past, dodging potholes and dogs sleeping in the sun.

— Katie Lockhart, Travel + Leisure, 15 Aug. 2026
Because the sites are generally located at least 100 feet away from any trails, visiting them can require bushwhacking through swampy terrain or dense undergrowth, dodging branches and the occasional cobweb.

— John Moritz, Hartford Courant, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of dodging

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The masked person, carrying a distinctive blue plaid backpack, was last seen ducking into the SEPTA metro train’s Suburban Station.

— David K. Li, NBC news, 20 Aug. 2026
Coming up, the mounting questions about that elaborate ruse that had the president ducking into a catering truck to switch planes.

— ABC News, ABC News, 16 Aug. 2026

Definition of ducking

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Rather than simply reducing opponents’ health, players seek to break opponents’ posture by precisely deflecting and countering attacks.

— Aman Kumar, Encyclopedia Britannica, 27 Aug. 2026
The former Carolina Panthers linebacker spent his 15 minutes deflecting credit and thanking others, showering dozens of people from his life with praise.

— Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 8 Aug. 2026

Definition of deflecting

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For one thing, the exceptions to the prevailing rule of rising markets tend to hurt, and the idea of sidestepping them is, for many, irresistible.

— Michael Santoli, CNBC, 10 Aug. 2026
America Healthy Again movement that was made up in part by other vaccine skeptics — many of whom were concerned by the administration sidestepping the issue publicly.

— Daniel Payne, STAT, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of sidestepping

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