Sentence examples for has avoided clashing from inspiring English sources

Mr Gul, who has avoided clashing directly with Mr Erdogan but made clear his unhappiness with his restrictive laws, could then become prime minister.

Unlike Chávez or Cristina Kirchner, Lula has avoided clashes with the media and left issues such as media ownership well alone.

Thus has Moses Smucker avoided clashing with his church — but Kore Yoder has not.

In allowing judges to order that the very worst murderers should never be released from prison, the court of appeal has avoided the risk of another clash between the government and the human rights court over prisoners' rights – and one of much greater impact than their right to vote.

That assessment clashed with a somewhat more upbeat view from the Bush administration, which has avoided the word "recession" to describe the current troubles.

It has made the north-central Syrian city of Raqqa a testing ground for its harsh brand of Islamic rule.But as other Syrian rebels began to notice, Syria's regime has largely avoided clashing with ISIS, sparking talk of links dating back to Mr Assad's sponsorship of violent Iraqi resistance to America.

In 1837 he armed 4,000 Christians to put down a rebellion that the Druzes had begun when threatened with conscription (hitherto Lebanese rulers had avoided direct clashes between the two groups).

But so far, the two candidates have avoided a direct clash.

So far they have avoided any direct clashes, though the rhetoric on both sides has been fiery, raising fears of a conflict that could engulf the Horn of Africa region.

Two days before the eagerly anticipated 50th anniversary episode of Doctor Who, if the drama could have travelled anywhere in time it would have avoided a scheduling clash with ITV's I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!

Russian leaders, who in recent years have clashed with Mr. Lukashenko, have avoided criticizing him in the wake of the elections.