Avoid
Avoid verb - To get or keep away from (as a responsibility) through cleverness or trickery.
Resorts
Both words in one sentence
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Zat Arras resorts to this near the end of The Gods of Mars in order to avoid being captured or defeated in combat by John Carter.
Source: Literature / John Carter of Mars -
Robot Me: The faculty resorts to building robot versions of themselves to avoid teaching the students.
Source: Western Animation / China, IL -
In Mr Baseball, Tom Selleck's baseball has-been, Jack Eliot, resorts to one of these to try to avoid being traded.
Source: Overly Narrow Superlative
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