Avoid
Shying
Avoid and shying are semantically related in say no topic. Sometimes you can use "Avoid" instead a verb "Shying", if it concerns topics such as get away from, have nothing to do with, feel alarm.
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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While it still comes out, especially during moments of stress where he'll go from comparatively straightforward to suddenly sounding as if he'd swallowed a thesaurus, he's been shying away from it lately to avoid communication error.
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