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The phrase "avoid being drafted into" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when discussing the desire to escape compulsory military service or similar obligations.
Example: "Many young men sought ways to avoid being drafted into the army during the war."
Alternatives: "evade conscription" or "steer clear of the draft".
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It recalls that he volunteered for the Wehrmacht to avoid being drafted into the Waffen SS.
Young men ask the ghost for assistance to avoid being drafted into the military.
Rahman said he and two friends had fled Damascus to avoid being drafted into the Syrian army.
His father William, a Hebrew scholar, had fled Russia in 1913 to avoid being drafted into the Tsarist army.
As the communists were taking over after the war, and to avoid being drafted into the military, Hargitay moved to the US.
His father, a trader and carpenter, emigrated to the United States in 1908 to avoid being drafted into the Turkish army, leaving behind a wife, Shushan, and children.
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In earlier decades, the number of males entering college grew rapidly, thanks to programs like the GI Bill and an interest in avoiding being drafted into the Vietnam War.
Although he was in Italy during World War II, he avoided being drafted into Mussolini's army because he was in medical school at the University of Padua, where he received his degree in 1947.
Anyone with that number was almost guaranteed to avoid being drafted, unless the entire country mobilized.
Mr. Bush's running mate, Dick Cheney, used deferments to avoid being drafted.
But more generally, Mr. Papandreou is doing all he can to avoid being drafted for the top job.
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