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as in to avoid
to get or keep away from (as a responsibility) through cleverness or trickery
don't try to duck your commitment to spending Thanksgiving with your family by claiming you have to work
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as in person
a member of the human race
her coworkers regard her as something of an odd duck
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Recent Examples of duck
Frank Landymore, Futurism, 26 Mar. 2026
Cabot immediately covered her face and turned away from the camera, while a stunned Byron ducked down and exited the frame.
—Lauryn Overhultz, FOXNews.com, 17 Mar. 2026
Brit McCandless Farmer, CBS News, 29 Mar. 2026
People decorated chicken, goose, duck and ostrich eggs, and other natural materials, such as wood.
—Elaine Rewolinski, jsonline.com, 25 Mar. 2026
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Verb
Chicagoans are ducking for cover as delivery robots turn into heat-seeking missiles for innocent glass structures.
—Frank Landymore, Futurism, 26 Mar. 2026
Cabot immediately covered her face and turned away from the camera, while a stunned Byron ducked down and exited the frame.
—Lauryn Overhultz, FOXNews.com, 17 Mar. 2026
Noun
In January 2025, a group of men went on a guys' trip to hunt ducks in Wichita.
—Brit McCandless Farmer, CBS News, 29 Mar. 2026
People decorated chicken, goose, duck and ostrich eggs, and other natural materials, such as wood.
—Elaine Rewolinski, jsonline.com, 25 Mar. 2026
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Takaoka played a long arcing ball-ahead to Ocampo, who avoided goalkeeper James Pantemis — who had charged off his line — and rolled a shot from the edge of the penalty area inside the back post and into a wide-open net.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
5 Apr. 2026
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Refrain from entering water that might carry an electric current and avoid walking through floodwaters.—
STAR-TELEGRAM WEATHER BOT,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
5 Apr. 2026
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Beyond the vitrines of watches that weave throughout the space is another enclave with banquette seating to also be used for appointments.—
Paige Reddinger,
Robb Report,
3 Apr. 2026
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The 20-track LP serves as equal parts music and cinema in which Crockett weaves a tale of McLane as a cattle rustler on the run from the law who — eventually — gets his redemption.—
Josh Crutchmer,
Rolling Stone,
3 Apr. 2026
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Her income dipped back to $192,000 in 2024 before rising again last year to $300,000, when Porter returned to teaching law at the University of California-Irvine.—
Ben Paviour,
Sacbee.com,
4 Apr. 2026
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Though her offensive numbers dipped late in the season, her defensive consistency and versatility remained valuable.—
Aaron Segal,
Kansas City Star,
4 Apr. 2026
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According to a source in the room, there were about 250 members of the donor community at the event, which cost at least $100,000 per person to attend.—
Gabe Kaminsky,
CBS News,
31 Mar. 2026
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Assault with a dangerous weapon on a person 60 or older.—
Colleen Cronin,
Boston Herald,
31 Mar. 2026
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In the 72nd minute, Dudinha, who finished with two assists, stole the ball from Chicago and passed it to Barcenas, who, while moving to her left, delivered a brilliant backheel to her right to evade two defenders.—
Fernando Ramirez,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 Mar. 2026
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To evade interference from electronic jammers, both militaries launch drones attached to miles-long spools of fiber-optic wire - leaving behind a digital spider's web.—
Holly Williams,
CBS News,
29 Mar. 2026
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Testy hearings, 'burn book' on Democratic lawmakers In combative hearings on Capitol Hill, Bondi repeatedly dodged questions from Democrats on the Justice Department's handling of the Epstein files and other sensitive matters.—
Alexandra Hutzler,
ABC News,
2 Apr. 2026
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The intent is to substantially alter the code and thus dodge Anthropic’s copyright takedowns, which have been removing the GitHub repositories over infringement.—
Michael Kan,
PC Magazine,
1 Apr. 2026
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As the timer passed seven minutes, Steve Eckert exhorted a whimpering young man to dunk his head underwater.—
Charles Bethea,
New Yorker,
30 Mar. 2026
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Tracking and Uni do not want to call the sequel yet as a slam-dunk $200M+ 5-day opening, but the forecasts look pretty damn good for Part 2.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
30 Mar. 2026
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Two men have been indicted on federal charges of possessing guns in a school zone, though the case stems from a shootout across the street from an elementary school, in a liquor store parking lot, court records show.—
Nate Gartrell,
Mercury News,
31 Mar. 2026
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Jessica Hecht, playing one of the hostages, adds her typically off-beat depth, and I was most amused by John Ortiz as the FBI agent with the standard G-man voice and personality to match.—
Chris Jones,
New York Daily News,
31 Mar. 2026
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“Duck.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/duck. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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