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Free sign upThe phrase "and attempting to evade" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when describing actions taken to avoid or escape a situation, responsibility, or consequence.
Example: "He was caught lying and attempting to evade the truth during the investigation."
Alternatives: "and trying to avoid" or "and seeking to escape".
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Miller bowled a fast and very short bouncer at Compton, who moved into position to hook before changing his mind and attempting to evade the ball.
Miller bowled a fast bouncer at Compton, who moved into position to hook before changing his mind and attempting to evade the ball.
Hastert pleaded not guilty on all counts to lying to the FBI and attempting to evade federal banking rules in order to cover up past alleged sexual misconduct.
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Shortages from government price controls often lead to government rationing, and attempts to evade those price controls.
Portmar spotted the second torpedo and attempted to evade it but was also struck on her starboard side.
Later that night Point Marone attempted to stop an unlit junk near the coastal town of Ha Tien but the junk ignored a warning shot across her bow and attempted to evade a boarding while firing at the cutter and throwing hand grenades.
I'm referring, of course, to the footage of a man and woman attempting to evade arrest at a convenience store in Alberta, Canada.
Count 9 charged Livorsi and others with attempting to evade payment of income taxes of American Brands Corporation for the calendar year 1946 by converting and diverting its assets.
In the scenario of an engagement between a light torpedo pursuing a submarine and the submarine attempting to evade the attack, the evasion methods for the submarine are modeled in fuzzy logic after tacticalization.
According to the indictment, the men marketed to U.S. taxpayers the advantages of Swiss and Liechtenstein banks for attempting to evade U.S. income taxes, "claiming that Swiss and Liechtenstein bank secrecy was impenetrable".
The agents concluded that the family was attempting to evade them, and decided that they were a flight risk.
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