estuvieron evitando
-they/you were avoiding
Preterite progressiveellos/ellas/ustedesconjugation ofevitar.

evitar

Cuando se habían acabado las monedas y las personas solamente andaban pululando por ahí sin encontrar mucho, fui sobre el área que muchas personas estuvieron evitando.
When the coins had been cleaned out and folks were just milling around without finding much, I went over to an area that many people had been avoiding.
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