sidestep

The secretary of State sidestepped a question about whether the action, which critics denounced as illegal under international law, signaled a return to “gunboat diplomacy” in a region where U.S. interventions have historically stoked resentment.

Since the law was a supplementary measure amending the main budget bill, it sidestepped substantive public hearings.

The strategy has allowed his administration to sidestep state legislatures and Congress, according to legal experts and critics.

The Opt-In Certification Program, as it is called, is meant to sidestep the kind of local pushback that can drag on for years.

The hotel did have language in its previous collective bargaining agreement about sidestepping the ordinance’s pay rates, but that agreement expired in June 2023, the complaint states.