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parrying

verb

present participle of parry

as in evading

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In the video, the riders can be seen speeding, popping wheelies, driving on sidewalks and evading police.

— Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Aug. 2026
He also was booked on four outstanding warrants related to evading law enforcement, according to police.

— Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 29 July 2026

Definition of evading

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McDaniel had his reasons for avoiding supplying his own depth chart beyond not wishing to see it in print or on a website or TV network.

— Elliott Teaford, Oc Register, 10 Aug. 2026
Now some pregnant women and others are avoiding health centers for fear of the virus, at risk to their lives.

— ABC News, ABC News, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of avoiding

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NurPhoto via Getty Images Anthropic has quietly joined the frontier labs designing their own chips, a shift driven less by escaping Nvidia than by the arithmetic of serving billions of tokens a day.

— Jon Markman, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026
The alcohol-burning products were associated with 31 reports of flame jettings and flames escaping from the concrete container, resulting in 19 burn injuries.

— Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of escaping

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Young was running around the backfield, eluding pass rushers, keeping his eyes downfield.

— Alex Zietlow July 28, Charlotte Observer, 28 July 2026
Flies eluding the glue traps and the manager’s fancy fly swatter gathered on the cutting board (three), on a clean fying pan (one), on the trash can (three), and on the mop head and a wall (six).

— David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 17 July 2026

Definition of eluding

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To help build that picture, Heinzerling and team got on court with Nadal, with camera operators dodging tennis balls and sliding and capturing moments of Nadal with his young son and wife at home.

— Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 9 Aug. 2026
With these headwinds in sight, the success of Myspace hinges on some key factors, including attracting advertisers, sustaining user interest, and dodging a thorny regulatory environment.

— Sawdah Bhaimiya, CNBC, 9 Aug. 2026

Definition of dodging

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Larkin has used Moskowitz’s refusal to appear with him to accuse the reelection-seeking congressman of ducking debates and avoiding the voters.

— Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel, 6 Aug. 2026
Two men walking across the street on Parkside Place can be seen ducking for cover, one behind a parked car.

— Lisa Rozner, CBS News, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of ducking

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The architects used building materials like bricks made of crushed sand and ash residue that have been found to be effective insulators, deflecting heat.

— Kamala Thiagarajan, NPR, 1 Aug. 2026
This gap, if unaddressed, sabotages growth by deflecting feedback, creating imbalanced traits, and causing behavioral drift under pressure, negatively impacting teams.

— Mary Crossan, Forbes.com, 31 July 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
The Space Development Agency was established in 2019 to help speed up the deployment of US military space systems by sidestepping the Pentagon’s traditional sluggish bureaucracy.

— Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 17 July 2026

Definition of sidestepping

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