bypass

Example Sentences

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The major motorways that strike west from the capital bypass the county entirely; the trains from London Waterloo to the local station at Dorchester take a leisurely three hours.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026

Analysts expect those countries to expand those bypass routes, and for their neighbors to follow suit.

From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026

The analysts also said that the passage will never go back to how it used to be, adding, “there will be an accelerated process of constructing infrastructure” to bypass it.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 8, 2026

Then, in February 2019, Buckingham suffered a heart attack and had to undergo triple bypass surgery.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

It was about a year after that—he was sixteen—and he was taking the bypass through the tombwalk one evening when he heard a voice as hard and sharp as ax-fall.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor