Avoid
Both words in one sentence
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The doctor, who had chosen that name, declined to use it afterwards, to avoid being reminded of Freya's fate.
Source: Series / Star Trek: Voyager - Not only did they avoid putting Dafoe in any promotional material, but they made a big deal of how they had wanted him to return for the sequel but he had declined, making the quick early reference to his death look like their cheap way out of not having his character in the movie.
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He ends up buying himself to avoid the trip, and his credit card is declined.
Source: Series / Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye
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Declined and Avoid. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 29, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/avoid/declined
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