Avoid
Avoid verb - To get or keep away from (as a responsibility) through cleverness or trickery.
Dig up
Dig up verb - To come upon after searching, study, or effort.
Both terms in one sentence
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Of course, to avoid being too offensive, they did have to dig up some pretty antique slurs.
Source: Video Game / Mafia II
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