skirting
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Giant container ships ply sea lanes skirting the archipelago's southern tip, where roughly a third of global maritime trade transits between Asia, Africa, the Gulf and the Red Sea.
From Barron's ● May 18, 2026
A debate over a Massachusetts law recently went viral when a resident of Marblehead, Mass., accused the town of skirting the law’s housing mandate.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 2026
Mr Pearson recommended sealing gaps around skirting boards, letter boxes and even light fittings.
From BBC ● Jan. 3, 2026
Ella lives in the “state,” she runs afoul of the “party,” but skirting these details feels too timid.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 12, 2025
I’ve got a route all worked out, dodging the sofa and chairs, skirting around the folding table that Shorty calls the dining room.
From "X: A Novel" by Ilyasah Shabazz
Goods manufactured under this classification include cotton warp checks and mixtures; all wool homespuns, mixture coatings and suitings, storm skirtings, rainproof cloths.
From Textiles For Commercial, Industrial, and Domestic Arts Schools; Also Adapted to Those Engaged in Wholesale and Retail Dry Goods, Wool, Cotton, and Dressmaker's Trades by Dooley, William H. (William Henry)
You do the doors and windows, and let 'im do the cupboards and skirtings.'
From The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists by Tressell, Robert
The tops of the skirtings, the mouldings of the doors, the sashes of the windows and the corners of the floors were thick with the accumulated dust of years.
From The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists by Tressell, Robert
Mouldings for panelling, cornices, skirtings, &c., are cut by revolving cutters or chisels, filed to any desired shape and case-hardened.
From British Manufacturing Industries Pottery, Glass and Silicates, Furniture and Woodwork. by Arnoux, L.
The country about this Fort is almost entirely prairie, producing along the banks of the river and streams only, slight skirtings of timber....
From Villages of the Algonquian, Siouan, and Caddoan Tribes West of the Mississippi by Bushnell, David Ives
