bypass
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“There’s no special reason they should be allowed to bypass the standard clinical trial system just because there’s a peptide fad driven by wellness influencers and telehealth firms.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
Kuwait, which lacks an independent bypass, has discussed connecting its exports to networks in Saudi Arabia, while Iraq is pursuing alternatives including northern pipeline exports.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
They expect the government to secure sufficient energy supplies through routes that bypass the Strait of Hormuz.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
"They are objective-driven, set their own sub-goals, adapt in real time to bypass defences, and operate with a machine-speed persistence that can overwhelm manual operations," the paper reads.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
Actress Laura Keene’s knowledge of the theater’s layout enabled her to bypass the audience and crowds that stood between her and Abraham Lincoln.
From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson
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While it may be scant consolation for those in communties around old urban motorways, bypasses like the one at Port Talbot are less likely to be built now.
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026
By dual-listing on the NYSE, the company joins the ranks of Lockheed Martin and RTX, gaining crucial visibility with U.S. investors and opening the door to institutional capital that often bypasses Canadian-only listings.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 11, 2026
Paramount’s hostile takeover bypasses management entirely, appealing directly to investors and potentially putting shareholders’ preferences at odds with the board’s preferred transaction.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 12, 2026
The option eliminates a controversial monorail proposal through the Sepulveda Pass and bypasses a stop at the Getty Center, which had once been under consideration.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 22, 2026
This door bypasses the navy checkpoint and leads straight to the port.
From "Inside Out and Back Again" by Thanhha Lai
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Safadi was referring to the 2021 defense agreement that allows U.S. forces unfettered access to 12 facilities in Jordan, including five air bases; the agreement was approved via royal decree and bypassed parliament.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
With preliminary court battles now bypassed, legal teams for both sides must submit a proposed trial schedule by 31 July.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
Both agreements bypassed the necessary parliamentary approvals, said Charles Kanjama, president of the Law Society of Kenya, which was part of lawsuits against both deals.
From Barron's ● Jun. 24, 2026
Friday’s action comes after reports that a user had bypassed the safety guardrails of Anthropic’s Fable 5, adding to worries about cyberattacks that have built up since the company began previewing Mythos earlier this year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 13, 2026
If His Excellency had not bypassed Madu, perhaps she would be less critical.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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It's no mony months bypast; it was a lang courtship,—few folk kend the reason by Jenny and mysell.
From Old Mortality, Volume 2. by Scott, Walter, Sir
By it all Acts bypast, and especially those of the five Jameses, not agreeing with God's Word and contrary to the Confession, and 'wherethrow divers innocents did suffer,' were abolished and extinguished for ever.
From John Knox by Innes, A. Taylor
But for these dozen or twenty years bypast we have preferred a narrow beat, snugly seated on a shelty, and pad the hoof on the hill no more.
From Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2) by Wilson, John Lyde
The vague apprehensions of bypast years reviving at this crisis, some neighbours had been on the outlook for a catastrophe.
From Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 440 Volume 17, New Series, June 5, 1852 by Chambers, William
Saudi Arabia has kept crude exports flowing by sending more oil west across the kingdom through Aramco’s East-West Pipeline to Yanbu, bypassing the Strait of Hormuz.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
Starting Thursday morning, more than 50,000 migrants crossed into Ceuta, either by bypassing fences on land or attempting to swim along the coast.
From Slate ● Jul. 31, 2026
But concerns have been raised over privacy, the efficacy of age-verification tools, the risks of young people bypassing them, and how quickly the ban has been designed and brought in, Agence France Presse reports.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
Consumers bypassing or canceling their cable subscriptions are cutting into the fees stations receive from pay TV providers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 19, 2026
She wasn’t using a word-processing program of any kind—in fact, she was bypassing much of the operating system—and whatever formatting was imposing itself on the words, it wasn’t hers.
From "The Subtle Knife" by Philip Pullman
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