as in avoids
to get or keep away from (as a responsibility) through cleverness or trickery
you won't be able to weasel out of your share of the work by feigning illness
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The brand continues to use 100% chrome-free nappa leather, which avoids toxic chemicals used in leather production.—
Nadja Sayej,
Forbes.com,
23 Jan. 2026 -
Nwosu’s script likewise avoids pat female-bonding sentiments, attentive to the experiences and worldviews that can still separate women in a man’s world.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
23 Jan. 2026
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Experts who spoke to Flow Space are hopeful that these new approvals will provide the necessary tools to treat a disease that evades treatment by constantly mutating.—
Helen Carefoot,
Flow Space,
16 Dec. 2025
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In the film, Sea-Based X-Band Radar detects a missile flying across the Pacific Ocean toward Chicago that later evades interception.—
Ryan Chan,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 Nov. 2025
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These interactions influence how Earth’s atmosphere slowly escapes into space.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
13 Jan. 2026
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From classic domestic getaways to sunny Caribbean escapes—and even a European city—the list challenges the assumption that travel costs are destined to rise.—
Lauren Dana Ellman,
Travel + Leisure,
13 Jan. 2026
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“Weasels (out of).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/weasels%20%28out%20of%29. Accessed 25 Jan. 2026.
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