passing by
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"In this soup of quark-gluon plasma, there are numerous quarks and gluons passing by and colliding with each other," Lee explains.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026
Roberts said it had been "painful" to see her old home boarded-up for the past three years, and for months she "diverted halfway around Derby" to avoid passing by it.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
He would claim that he’d be passing by the accused’s cell and strike up a conversation, and before long the fellow prisoner would be unburdening himself.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
The protest in Lima began in San Martin Square and proceeded through the historic center of the city, passing by the front of Congress.
From Barron's ● May 31, 2026
In the afternoon, I thought of them walking out of their school gate, passing by a soldier’s jeep that they said sometimes waited at the edge of the Nablus road by their school.
From "Tasting the Sky" by Ibtisam Barakat
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