Ducks
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Both words in one sentence
- Close-Call Haircut: Reo gets one from a Macabre: she ducks in time to evade its scythe, but she still loses a chunk of her hair.
Source: Fan Fic / Megami No Hanabira -
The Bugs Bunny cartoon "Rabbit's Kin" plays this trope perfectly; when a frightened baby rabbit ducks into Bugs' hole to evade Pete Puma, Bugs rallies to the young rabbit's defense.
Source: Bully Hunter -
Right after breakfast, the Mayor's assistant orders Sam's release, by which time he's already managed to evade his captors, which somehow involved balloon animals, a sausage chain, a tuba, and a flock of ducks... Waking up shackled to a chair is Florence's fourth worst wakeup call.
Source: Webcomic / Freefall
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