slip past
Example Sentences
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In this range, agents occasionally bumped into one another and formed short-lived clusters, but still managed to slip past and keep moving.
From Science Daily • Apr. 15, 2026
Perhaps apply the philosophies of all those “New Year, New You” mindfulness coaches to breaking news or can’t-miss promises designed to manipulate emotions to slip past our logical safeguards.
From Salon • Jan. 21, 2026
The boat crews try to slip past or outrun whatever Colombia and the U.S. put in front of them: coastal patrol boats to frigates and helicopters farther out.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 28, 2025
Lemon could slip past tacklers with his speed — or just as easily plow right through them.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 6, 2025
How quietly they always had to slip past the library door....
From "Inkheart" by Cornelia Funke
