Avoid
Avoid verb - To get or keep away from (as a responsibility) through cleverness or trickery.
Contact
Contact verb - To transmit information or requests to.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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The only way to save oneself was to avoid telepathic contact with anyone, an almost impossible feat for a race that maintained low-level esper contact constantly.
Source: Comic Book / Martian Manhunter - The Hermit - Des Esseintes goes to great lengths to avoid human contact where possible.
Source: Literature / A Rebours -
When Tahno wanders over to harass them, Bolin begins frantically slurping to avoid eye contact.
Source: Ramen Slurp
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