skirted
Example Sentences
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The issue was previously skirted by pointing out they were in California.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
Hawaii has been hit by flash floods and mudslides that have swept away homes after category one Hurricane Lala skirted Big Island over the weekend, leaving one person dead.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
Each time the Storm drove down the court, there was Johnson, her ponytail fluttering as she skirted around the arc before driving into the paint, nonchalantly tossing up layups as if it was still shootaround.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2026
Adding additional ingredients is how companies that make compounded GLP-1s have skirted the law when those medicines are not in short supply.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 7, 2026
Other pedestrians threw me annoyed glances as I skirted around them, and I knew I was drawing attention to myself, but I couldn’t slow down.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
