bypass
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Ollard said misconnections like these bypass the treatment normally carried out at sewage treatment works.
From BBC • May 26, 2026
The adage “sell in May and go away” suggests investors should divest their holdings in May and reinvest in November to bypass a period of typically low returns in the summer.
From Barron's • May 25, 2026
Locals say they can no longer visit or even see the beach the resort is built on, after a bypass road that was recently built to ringfence the complex.
From BBC • May 20, 2026
Plan C estimates that 100,000 or more people a year—nearly 10 percent of reported abortion patients—already get their abortion medication through channels that bypass the U.S. regulatory system.
From Slate • May 18, 2026
Eventually I had to come out of the tree-hidden roads and do my best to bypass the cities.
From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck
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