"I also happen to believe they'd like to avoid a nuclear war that close to home," the President continued.

But look: he thinks he'd like to avoid you for a while.

"We would all like to avoid going through that again."

I think I'd like to avoid that, if at all possible.

It's got to be a subject he'd like to avoid with her.

He did this a few years ago, and would like to avoid the strain.

But I would like to avoid having to make such a choice.

That's a future that the industry would like to avoid.

I should like us to avoid debates of that sort.

I should like to avoid such a thing if at all possible.