Avoid
Avoid verb - To get or keep away from (as a responsibility) through cleverness or trickery.
Joining
Joining adjective - Having a border in common.
Both words in one sentence
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Rollins changed his name upon joining the band (his last name is actually Garfield), which he claims was to avoid trouble with the police.
Source: Music / Black Flag -
Ends with Bluto joining the Navy, which he tried to avoid earlier in the cartoon.
Source: Comic Strip / Popeye - First Sinclair by altering the timeline to avoid humanity joining The Federation.
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