as in kept (from)
to resist the temptation of
couldn't refrain from ruffling her nephew's neatly combed hair whenever she saw him
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avoided
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Four responded directly, and at least two others commented on social media, with the vast majority declining to respond to whether Tylenol should be avoided.—
Ramsey Touchberry,
The Washington Examiner,
24 Sep. 2025 -
The team developed new electrode formulations and a modular electrolyzer architecture that avoided rare catalysts and enabled reactions on cheaper, robust surfaces.—
Kapil Kajal,
Interesting Engineering,
23 Sep. 2025
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“Refrained (from).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/refrained%20%28from%29. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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