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shy away from

  1. Avoid, evade, as in He shied away from all questions concerning his private life. [Late 1700s]



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The ethnicity of people involved in grooming gangs has been "shied away from" by authorities, according to a new report by Baroness Louise Casey.

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It says the ethnicity of perpetrators is "shied away from" and still not recorded in two-thirds of cases, meaning it is not possible to draw conclusions at a national level.

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They didn’t shy away from the scent’s complexity, leaning into the more unusual notes like gin, elderflower and leather.

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Other Fox figures didn’t shy away from the implications of the very public breakdown.

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"We can't shy away from that, and so these units save lives."

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