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Free sign upThe phrase "able to evade a" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where someone or something is capable of avoiding or escaping a particular situation or consequence.
Example: "The clever fox was able to evade a trap set by the hunters."
Alternatives: "capable of dodging a" or "skilled at escaping a".
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The changes will allow tenants to make a claim against their landlord after their tenancy ends, while landlords taken to court for failing to safeguard a deposit will no longer be able to evade a penalty by signing up the day before the case is to be heard.
O'Neal was able to evade a police perimeter, but investigators found him in the 8000 block of Antwerp Avenue in Los Angeles in April and took him to custody.
A suspected gang member was able to evade a police perimeter set up in South Glendale on Tuesday after he led officers on a brief car chase, crashed and then fled on foot.
A third man who was with Richman and Joseph inside the vehicle was able to evade a police perimeter that was set up after he fled on foot from the scene of the crash, prompting a nearly seven-hour lockdown of affected homes and business.
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The term 'resistant' can be applied to those individuals within a single snail species that are able to evade infection by a species or strain of schistosome that is normally capable of parasitizing that species of snail.
He didn't checkmate me—I was able to evade for him a while and we just agreed to just play again.
As Hampl wards off death with her memories she is able to evade, if just for a short while, the terrible loneliness of being "nobody's daughter".
463 and 467 Squadrons bombed supply depots for V-weapons near Saint-Leu-d'Esserent. Brill's Lancaster was attacked by three German night fighters, but he was able to evade them with only a few bullets striking his plane.
A future plane would be able to evade radar and fly over a target area for long periods of time, For some the development has sparked calls for the military to clarify the chief purpose of drones.
He is able to evade tourists and reporters for a while, but eventually they find him and gawk as he engages in self-flagellation.
Leyva, the sponsor of the California law, said in an earlier statement that the bill will "help to ensure that rapists and sexual predators are not able to evade justice simply because of a shortened statute of limitations".
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