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One surefire way to skirt the second apron is to have young players on cheaper contracts, and another is to employ an older player more interested in chasing championships than collecting cash.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026

Oman sits across the Strait of Hormuz from Iran, and ships seeking to skirt Tehran's restrictions have recently been taking a route that hugs the Omani coast.

From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026

Draped in a torn white skirt and black fishnet gloves to complement, she wailed “I hate when girls die.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026

Sanon, who is seen in a cropped top, skirt and a cape, addressed her critics on Tuesday night saying "culture and traditions are in a woman's heart, not in her neckline!"

From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026

His arms were like sticks and his legs white and bowed where they hung out of his skirt.

From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff

As early as 1815, the flooded young pueblo had to hoist its skirts and move up to higher ground.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026

Such restraint today seems as quaint as poodle skirts and “I Love Lucy.”

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 10, 2026

Donations in Tavistock included branded and unbranded jumpers, shirts, skirts, dresses, wet weather clothing, shoes, lunchboxes and trousers.

From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026

Nor does Palantir need to sell chore coats and tennis skirts to meet its bottom line.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026

It rocked as we settled in, smoothing wool skirts into place with callused hands.

From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson

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

Hawaii was menaced by Hurricane Fausto last month, before the storm weakened and skirted north of the island chain.

From Barron's ● Aug. 15, 2026

We skirted Penny Island, where native Pomo people lived and farmed for generations before immigrants from Europe arrived.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026

Executive-produced by Josh Safdie, it traces a billion-dollar network of traffickers and collectors that has skirted the Endangered Species Act.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026

Moments later she emerged, skirted around the house and entered the sagebrush, heading for the few silvery cottonwoods and willows growing along the Rio Lucero.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols

The vehicles drove right over his fields at speed, tearing up the crops and skirting the fence by the family's garden.

From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2026

Critics of these arrangements say private-equity firms use them to gain de facto control over law firms while skirting ownership bans.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 1, 2026

If nocturnes are the center of Ms. Tomes’s book, night music, broadly conceived, is the topic skirting the edges.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 29, 2026

The fleet is made up of ageing tankers that carry Russia's oil and gas around the world, skirting Western restrictions.

From Barron's ● Mar. 15, 2026

They were just skirting one of the spires when a glint of movement caught Percy’s eye—something darting between the rocks to their right.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan