Avoid
Avoid verb - To get or keep away from (as a responsibility) through cleverness or trickery.
Looking
Looking adjective - Appearing to be as specified; usually used as combining forms.
Both words in one sentence
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But whether it be by glitch or purposeful subversion, the best way to instantly avoid this creature was, ironically, by looking up.
Source: Death by Looking Up -
Similarly in Aladdin while the Sultan is flying around on the magic carpet, Iago is trying to avoid being bowled over and is looking behind him, not noticing the pillar he's about to crash into.
Source: Watch Out for That Tree! -
You had to catch falling balloons on your head, but you had to avoid the similar-looking falling bombs.
Source: Cartoon Bomb
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