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Discover LudwigThe phrase "avoid car" is not correct and lacks clarity in written English.
It could be used in a context where one is advising against using a car, but it needs additional context to be fully understood.
Example: "To reduce our carbon footprint, we should avoid car travel whenever possible."
Alternatives: "steer clear of cars" or "refrain from using a car".
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Advocates for independent repair shops assert that consumers save money on parts and labor when they avoid car dealerships.
Our approach may have the potential to reverse multiple tumor immune evasion mechanisms, avoid CAR immunogenicity, and overcome problems in cancer gene therapy with engineered nanoconstructs.
Sounds pretty good to avoid car accidents and any kind of driving disorder, but driving would not be the same, at least for people my generation that learned to drive manually.
And in 2014 Mobileye, which makes software that helps drivers avoid car accidents, raised $890m, a record for an Israeli company going public in America.It is tempting to dismiss the talk of a "scale-up nation" as yet more hype.
I would walk miles along edges of dual carriageways to avoid car travel, navigate 15 buses instead of the train and complete many obscure rituals in private to stay safe.
The sprawling 450-acre compound south of the Thames River, fixed on a hill and surrounded by a moat and other security measures, fulfills security requirements that embassies be isolated from other buildings and 100 feet away from roads to avoid car bombs and other attacks following the al-Qaeda embassy bombings in Tanzania and Kenya in 1998.
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I think it's easy enough to avoid cars in children's books.
They planted themselves firmly on the painted center line separating traffic and shuffled back and forth to avoid cars that strayed outside the lanes.
Lola is out of the blocks like a sprinter, hurtling down the street, swerving to avoid cars and pedestrians, running for dear life as the clock ticks down.
The highway was closed for more than three hours after a tractor-trailer ran into the median to avoid cars that had spun out.
Yet, given the magnitude of the mortality reported for some species [4], we might expect natural selection to favor individuals that either learn to avoid cars or that have other traits making them less likely to collide with vehicles.
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