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  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of evade.

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Examples

  • National tennis title evades Vols www. utsports.com

    The Daily Times News Headlines 2010

  • Their idiot over there from Air America his name evades me but he is fat, white and disgusting keeps mentioning how the whites hate this President and then Olberman and Maddow go on and on about the white racists who want to see this President dead.

    I think MSNBC is trying to get the President shot at. - Moe_Lane’s blog - RedState 2009

  • But my splurge favorite remains a place on Hidalgo -- Milou de Monteferrier's place -- whose name evades me at the moment.

    Your Best Pick for SMA 2005

  • The reason his name evades me is because he has throughout his career refuse to show, and more remarkable to sell, his work outside of Mexico.

    Alfredo Zalce died yesterday afternoon 2003

  • There is a Mexican middle-aged abstract sculptor (whose name evades me now) whose work is amazingly strong, stronger than many sculptors on the international scene in the last 30 years.

    Alfredo Zalce died yesterday afternoon 2003

  • One Carnegie-Mellon study (name evades me) derived how Prius-type cars are much price-effective to balance three goals: energy independence, cleaner air, and balanced economics.

    Test Driving The World’s Fastest Golf Cart Michael Arrington 2005

  • The main point I want to make here is that Plantinga's solution sidesteps -- in the sense of "evades," not in the sense of "makes unimportant" -- the worry about the clash between science and religion.

    Michael Ruse: Original Sin, Evolution and Human Origins Michael Ruse 2011

  • The main point I want to make here is that Plantinga's solution sidesteps -- in the sense of "evades," not in the sense of "makes unimportant" -- the worry about the clash between science and religion.

    Michael Ruse: Original Sin, Evolution and Human Origins Michael Ruse 2011

  • It's unexpected and it kind of evades you, and then suddenly you realize, you know, I love the complexity of it like that and the big high it has, you know, the underdog story and the love story.

    /Film 2008

  • It’s unexpected and it kind of evades you, and then suddenly you realize, I love the complexity of it like that and the big high it has, the underdog story and the love story.

    Interview with Slumdog Millionaire Director Danny Boyle | /Film 2008

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