Eschewed

As a kid he eschewed television but would watch classic movies on repeat, claiming to have watched “On the Waterfront,” a hundred times or more.

At least the cold open eschewed the beyond-tired “Mike Pence is secretly gay” gag with a “Mike Pence masturbates to a secret file of clipped-out Shania Twain pictures” one.

He eschewed the pretentious title of president in favor of Director of Managing Operations.

Unlike Luck, who eschewed shoulder surgery in 2015, the Colts and Richardson felt it would be best for the player to go under the knife right away.

He eschewed the frantic approach of the top order, watchfully rebuilding with his equally unflappable Surrey team-mate Atkinson.

In 2022, in an attempt to make it more specific to our times, director Diane Paulus staged a very Brechtian, all female production on Broadway, which eschewed the normal verisimilitude of privileged white men in tights.

Nunez eschewed the chance to shoot and laid the ball across the face of goal to Salah, who tapped in from close range.

When J.J. Abrams' 2009 "Star Trek" reboot film came out, the franchise was altered to be one of the usual action flicks that "Trek" previously eschewed.

Always true to form, he was up and about almost immediately and eschewed even over-the-counter pain medication.

As a writer of fantasy, VanderMeer has always eschewed the more derivative aspects of world-building, preferring instead to employ speculative conceits as a means of stretching the envelope of the possible.

At the same time, he has eschewed the day-to-day grind of bolstering Amazon’s influence with policymakers.

But mostly, Dad worked 50 or 60-hour workweeks and Mom eschewed paid work so she could focus on my brother and me.

I’ll also be buying shares for the same reason I eschewed them previously.

I’m no Reagan-canonizer, and abhor much of his post-withdrawal Lebanon policy – say, CIA-terror- and Iran-Contra-hostage- – but he generally eschewed any further overt military interventions.

Indeed, the duo has always eschewed hierarchies of taste, embracing a technicolor mix of pictorial traditions, from Greco-Roman gladiators to tear-shedding Soviet soldiers, Renaissance paintings to softcore gay porn, Alice in Wonderland to Adam and Eve.

In reality, Sweden did introduce restrictions but eschewed many of the more severe measures adopted by their European counterpartswith a longer-term view of what constitutes a successful outcome.

It was decided taxpayers would help Harry and Meghan pay for Frogmore after the newlyweds eschewed their home in the grounds of Kensington Palace, wanting a place of their own.

Many Indians, who used to buy international brands, eschewed Chinese models and sought out locally made pens.

Pingree, who is serving her sixth term in the House and has never faced an especially competitive reelection race, was a clear favorite all along and largely eschewed campaigning.

The site once eschewed banner ads.