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The phrase "avoiding themselves" is not correct and does not convey a clear meaning in written English.
It may be intended to express the idea of someone avoiding their own responsibilities or issues, but the phrasing is awkward and unclear.
Example: "He was so focused on helping others that he ended up avoiding himself and his own problems."
Alternatives: "neglecting themselves" or "evading their own issues".
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It prizes performers and bands that do a lot of avoiding themselves: obscure or reclusive or misunderstood or intransigent or semi-extant, forerunners and satellites and outsiders, the post- and pre- and para-.
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While avoiding binding themselves to reduce carbon emissions by any set level, the Chinese have emerged among the world's leaders in wind, water, solar and nuclear power.
The nominees have to be gracious while steadfastly avoiding committing themselves to any particular position on those issues.
Partners may encourage the woman to seek care while avoiding treatment themselves - unless the partner has many symptoms.
Stress was an issue affecting adolescents; the coping strategies employed were sometimes maladaptive such as avoiding injecting themselves to escape stress.
By facilitating them in harming themselves or assisting them to avoid putting themselves in danger?
If men do find themselves unwell they risk accusations of 'man flu' and may therefore avoid making themselves available for health care interventions, a dynamic which keeps men out of the GP clinic in general [ 40].
They tend to avoid surrounding themselves with people who question their authority.
They have yet to figure out how to avoid beating themselves.
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