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Discover LudwigThe phrase "avoid crushing" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where you want to suggest not to apply excessive pressure or force to something, often in relation to physical objects or situations.
Example: "When packing fragile items, be sure to avoid crushing them to prevent damage."
Alternatives: "prevent squashing" or "steer clear of compressing".
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"The answer: avoid crushing declines".
To avoid crushing a fragile European recovery, the savings will be phased in.
The sifting must be done with great care to avoid crushing the eggs.
To avoid crushing fines, it agreed to build 750 units of affordable housing in overwhelmingly white communities, and to market them aggressively to nonwhites.
Eager to avoid crushing lines and frustrating delays, many travelers did not wait until yesterday to fly to their Thanksgiving Day destinations.
You just need to hone your knife skills, which you'll also need for dicing the tomatoes, plus a very sharp knife to avoid crushing them.
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We observed that wasps appeared to try to lower this risk by usually seizing the ants from the dorsal side of their thorax and by avoiding crushing them, although their mandible size and strength would easily permit a wasp to crush or completely severe an ants abdomen from its thorax.
So was a much-disliked one-way system at the club designed to avoid crushes at peak times.
This avoids crushing them.
The Democratic establishment united against Mr. Cuomo and he withdrew to avoid a crushing defeat.
Identify a receiver, throw the ball quickly, avoid the crushing plays.
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