Sentence examples for attempting to avoid a from inspiring English sources

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Malakhov injured his knee midway through the season opener in Atlanta last Saturday while attempting to avoid a check.

Mexico appeared to be attempting to avoid a rerun of a previous caravan of migrants, which formed over Easter and swelled in size, capturing the attention of conservative US media – and Trump.

It has been held that where a person is injured attempting to avoid a hazard negligently created by another, he may recover for the physical consequences of fright even though the immediate injury suffered was slight and was not a link in the causal chain.

In the wake of the furore caused by a decision to increase bonuses by 10%, following a 32% fall in profits, the Barclays boss told the Daily Telegraph he was attempting to avoid a "death spiral" after an increase in the number of staff leaving.

Last June, he broke a bone in his foot in this forest while attempting to avoid a dog that had suddenly and unexpectedly crossed his path.

Politically and popularly isolated, primarily over foreign policy issues, Bush is attempting to avoid a free-fall into lame duck status.

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Van Gaal fielded a strong team, attempting to avoid an embarrassing loss to a much weaker team struggling in their own league.

The most threatened countries will attempt to avoid a catastrophe by adopting austerity programs.

As it turned out, Berlusconi's later attempts to avoid a further high-profile and embarrassing confrontation with the singer, as revealed in the leaked memo, were doomed.

Britain face Iceland on Monday as they attempt to avoid a whitewash.

He called for unity at the club as they attempt to avoid a third successive relegation.

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