pass by
Example Sentences
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The Aggies led 41-20 later in the fourth when Julio Humphrey intercepted a pass by Boley and returned it 45 yards for another score.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2026
"The holes are dangerous because they have water, and our children pass by them every day on their way to school and to the shops," she said.
From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026
She romantically contends that street food is an “impulse buy – you pass by it, and it smells good, so you buy it to eat quickly.”
From Salon ● Aug. 9, 2026
An observer will never see a nearby rocket ship pass by faster than light.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 25, 2026
The day that she saw him pass by her bedroom she thought that Pietro Crespi was a sugary dandy next to that protomale whose volcanic breathing could be heard all over the house.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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