sidestep
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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
Even if disrupted flows through both straits fall another 4 million barrels a day from current levels, the market can sidestep an acute shortage as long as “demand stays close to today’s depressed levels.”
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026
Much of the craze has centered around the models' ability to sidestep structural constraints, including strict historic-preservation rules in many European cities that restrict exterior-wall modifications such as drilling for external AC units.
From BBC ● Jul. 16, 2026
Warsh, he argued, had used objections to the former to quietly sidestep the latter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 18, 2026
Stella did a quick, dancing sidestep, looking down to check her bare toes.
From "Stella by Starlight" by Sharon M. Draper
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And since it never quotes the book directly, it sidesteps a lot of copyright headaches.
From Barron's ● Jul. 27, 2026
The Medicare GLP-1 Bridge program sidesteps those restrictions, allowing people with Part D coverage, if they qualify, to pay $50 a month for one of the selected drugs.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 25, 2026
But thanks to Reid’s indefatigable charisma, this vampire sidesteps the resentment millions hold for real-life bloodsuckers by inviting us behind the velvet curtain.
From Salon ● Jun. 13, 2026
The arrangement sidesteps efforts to tie State Farm’s rates to its handling of disaster claims.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 7, 2026
I pull in my elbow as Coach sidesteps past me.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
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She also sidestepped questions about whether she regretted any of her decisions during the uprising.
From Barron's ● Jul. 29, 2026
By offering trading in perpetual futures instead of tokenized stocks, Trade.xyz has sidestepped this risk.
From MarketWatch ● May 20, 2026
But Warsh during the hearing sidestepped the sharpest questions about independence.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 22, 2026
Leavitt, however, sidestepped questions about who currently has control over the oil route.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 8, 2026
There was a lot of laughter and comments like “Somebody’s in trouble” from the press, and Peeta dropped my hand and sidestepped away from me.
From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins
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Judges around the country, however, are letting many cases go to trial on a theory that says their products are designed intentionally to addict people, sidestepping arguments that rely on claims of harmful content.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
I managed to hold it like that, balanced on the throttle, slithering and sidestepping, until I had to join the main straight.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 25, 2026
Cerebras’ unusually large artificial-intelligence chips excel at running models at speed, while also sidestepping some of the networking and packaging required for connecting thousands of high-end processors from Nvidia or other chip makers.
From Barron's ● Jun. 8, 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
Walking with his head down and sidestepping the crowds.
From "How It Went Down" by Kekla Magoon
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