sidestep
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The move appears to be an attempt to sidestep U.S.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
When asked if she would run for president in the 2028 elections after being shown polling reflecting her popularity as a potential candidate, Ocasio-Cortez chuckled and tried to sidestep a direct answer.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
The device features a privacy recording light to notify wearers when it’s recording, but modifications available all over the internet allow users to sidestep it.
From Slate ● Aug. 5, 2026
The new study that found a way to sidestep those crashes was published in the Journal of Banking & Finance.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 9, 2026
He charges again, dives toward the sofa at me but I sidestep him, hop over the cushions and land on the other side on my back with a thud.
From "We Were Here" by Matt De La Peña
But the film sidesteps the fact that Liam spent the mourning period criticising his brother for his failure to appear at charity shows supporting the survivors.
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026
And since it never quotes the book directly, it sidesteps a lot of copyright headaches.
From Barron's ● Jul. 27, 2026
Every time a leader avoids a hard truth, sidesteps a real tension, or makes disagreement feel risky, you pay a hefty price.
From MarketWatch ● May 27, 2026
The arrangement sidesteps efforts to tie State Farm’s rates to its handling of disaster claims.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 7, 2026
Her frown deepens as she sidesteps open comic books and half-eaten granola bars.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
As Robyn explains in Slate, the majority sidestepped the question weighing the actual legality of the ballroom’s construction, focusing instead on a technical question of standing.
From Slate ● Sep. 3, 2026
She also sidestepped questions about whether she regretted any of her decisions during the uprising.
From Barron's ● Jul. 29, 2026
Bonta and the other state attorneys sidestepped the political landscape in making their lawsuit arguments.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2026
Pichai largely sidestepped the issue of AI in his remarks, though he appeared to make light of the expected protests.
From BBC ● Jun. 15, 2026
From there, I ducked, clambered, and sidestepped my way farther and farther into the ramshackle mountain of twisted metal, until I reached a small open space at the rear of a buried cargo van.
From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline
The dollar was also hit by the Fed chairman sidestepping questions about how he intends to achieve the 2% inflation target, Commerzbank’s Michael Pfister said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
This potentially traumatic subplot is the closest “Renoir” gets to traditional suspense, but even here Hayakawa adopts a muted approach, sidestepping shock value for bittersweet commentary about young people’s confusion around love.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2026
The book ends with Fagan questioning the appeal of hunting across the millennia and sidestepping an answer.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 30, 2026
Snap and TikTok settled with the plaintiff in the Los Angeles case before the trial began, sidestepping a jury entirely.
From Barron's ● Mar. 25, 2026
Walking with his head down and sidestepping the crowds.
From "How It Went Down" by Kekla Magoon
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