Avoid
Avoid verb - To get or keep away from (as a responsibility) through cleverness or trickery.
Carries
Both words in one sentence
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Milverton would also qualify, as he carries a gun around to every negotiation to avoid any physical confrontation.
Source: Literature / Sherlock Holmes -
Moe comes up with dumb schemes, Curly carries them out (while making them even dumber), and Larry is just too spineless to avoid being dragged along.
Source: Comic Trio - School Days: After Sekai stabs Makoto, and Katsura carries his severed head around no one even mentions the police or tries to avoid detection.
Source: There Are No Police
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