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You may have stayed away from running belts because you think they look too much like fanny packs and, trust me, I had the same thoughts.

It was just too much for me to handle or control. God knows what would have happened to my family if I'd stayed away from this game.

Before the fire government had mostly stayed away from business feeling it had no power to legislate it.

Your son has stayed away from me for a week.

He stayed away from all kinds of gatherings because he never could think of anything to say or do without a script.

He stayed away from many lectures and did not impresshis professors, but he was actually studying very hard all the time.

It was a simple life, as long as they stayed away from the complicated stuff -- the drugs and guns.

But there's at least one Thai gourmet who may wish he'd stayed away from street food and stuck with pricier fare.

She stayed away from school on account of his illness.

Journalists stayed away from the funeral out of consideration for the bereaved family.

And I don't think my views would have been very welcome in the situation, so I stayed away from it.

Though a notoriously resilient crowd, investors have stayed away from the market since the financial system began crumbling in 2007.

But these inflows have been scant in recent months as investors globally have stayed away from risky assets like emerging-market stocks.

With this remark, I will be able to adjust their emotions to meet losers stayed away from the challenge every time.

Some prominent foreign executives speaking at the forum on Monday stayed away from criticizing Beijing's foreign-investment policies.

Dr Pawlak said: 'Studies in mice revealed that upon feeling stressed, they stayed away from zones in a maze where they felt unsafe.

Some fund mangers have stayed away from QE2 bets, in favor of a more global approach.

Rather than being disappointed, I've always stayed away from watching my films unless I absolutely had to.

Amy's father Mitch previously spoke out about how his daughter stayed away from drugs prior to meeting her ex-husband.

She didn't get along well with her roommates, so she stayed away from them.

Shoppers stayed away from the malls due to cold weather and several storms.

But then he and the Obama administration backed off and have since stayed away from highlighting the issue of currency manipulation.

She was ill and stayed away from school for two days.

However, they stayed away from acacia drepanolobium trees if they were home to guardian ants.

But they have deliberately stayed away from any predictions on the crustal shift which is in mankind's future.

Why was it that whenever the lions approached you, they left and stayed away from you, but with their mouths watering?

If you stayed away from politics, you lived a decent and respectable life.

Right-wing and religious politicians who had stayed away from the ceremonies crowed.

Both male and female mosquitoes stayed away from the DEET areas.

He stayed away from school yesterday.

People stayed away from work so they could spend time investing.

Well, maybe if you stayed away from what wasn't yours.

He stayed away from school because he had cold.

In France more than 1m people stayed away from work on January 29th, marching for jobs and wages.

But at night, uncertain Athenians stayed away from the normally bustling city center, which was ghostly quiet.

I've deliberately stayed away from the story that has dominated the Chinese mass media for the past week.

I stayed away from the trip, and so missed the accident.

Retail sales in Japan plunged in March as consumers stayed away from shops in the wake of last month's earthquake and tsunami.

I know, too, that many people in Britain have stayed away from the countryside because they believe this is the right thing to do.

Base camp - flat land near water and stayed away from the wind

She should have stayed away from friends