bypass

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

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

In the U.S., the market for weight-loss pills is expected to largely be what is called “direct pay,” meaning that Americans bypass the health-insurance system and pay out of pocket for slightly lower-priced medications.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 1, 2026

Their options include military countermeasures as well as building pipelines to bypass the gulf.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

For the past 80 years BBC Russian has sought to bypass those restrictions, which for decades featured jamming of its short-wave radio broadcasts and now involve blocking its website.

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026

At age thirty-nine he’d already invented the first technique for suturing blood vessels together, and had used it to perform the first coronary bypass and develop methods for transplanting organs.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot