Avoid
Avoid verb - To get or keep away from (as a responsibility) through cleverness or trickery.
Performs
Both words in one sentence
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Godzilla Threshold: The Sidonia performs some high-G emergency maneuvers in episode 4 to avoid contact with a Gauna.
Source: Manga / Knights of Sidonia - When he discovers they plan to kill Green Arrow and Speedy, not just avoid them, he performs a Heroic Sacrifice to save their lives.
Source: Death by Secret Identity -
He also performs this trope in The Avengers to avoid explosions.
Source: Hood Hopping
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Performs and Avoid. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/avoid/performs
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Performs or Avoid. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/avoid/performs.
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