sidestep
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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
As exports plummet owing to a ban on U.S. wine and liquor, California lawmakers ask Quebec’s premier to sidestep the president, lift the prohibition and promote free trade.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 2, 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
I release the chair back and sidestep it to sit down.
From "Divergent" by Veronica Roth
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
Antoine Fuqua’s musical drama depicts the early life and career of Michael Jackson in a film that sidesteps controversy in favor of pure entertainment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 25, 2026
As long as the U.S. economy sidesteps recession, the card companies can see the sales and earnings growth come in.
From Barron's ● Mar. 19, 2026
He took a few sidesteps, like one wrestler circling another, except that he was thirty feet away; the maneuver was ridiculous.
From "Grendel" by John Gardner
She also sidestepped questions about whether she regretted any of her decisions during the uprising.
From Barron's ● Jul. 29, 2026
A local nonprofit sued the administration, claiming it sidestepped required reviews before undertaking the project in mid-April.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 18, 2026
Shinjiro Koizumi sidestepped the dialogue participant's question while taking aim at China.
From BBC ● May 31, 2026
By offering trading in perpetual futures instead of tokenized stocks, Trade.xyz has sidestepped this risk.
From MarketWatch ● May 20, 2026
A stream of kids poured onto the sidewalk, and Cat sidestepped the elbowing boys and twirling kindergartners.
From "Caterpillar Summer" by Gillian McDunn
Armed with flashlights, dozens of community members stepped into the darkened Westlake Theatre, sidestepping puddles and broken glass as they imagined what the century-old movie palace could become.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026
Stocktwits’ Howard Lindzon talks to MarketWatch about sidestepping a chip selloff, where he sees opportunity and the “degenerate economy.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 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
“You mentioned you wanted tea,” he says, sidestepping my words the same way he did on the night I’d met him at his headquarters.
From "Warcross" by Marie Lu
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