YOU SAID:

drowning has managed to avoid us.

INTO JAPANESE

溺死はなんとか免れた。

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He somehow managed to avoid drowning.

INTO JAPANESE

彼はなんとか溺れるのを免れた。

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He barely managed to avoid drowning.

INTO JAPANESE

彼はかろうじて溺死を免れた。

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He narrowly escaped drowning.

INTO JAPANESE

彼はかろうじて溺死を免れた。

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He narrowly escaped drowning.