slip past

Example Sentences

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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

The work, led by researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine and published Nov. 17 in Nature Immunology, reveals that tumors do more than slip past the immune system.

From Science Daily • Nov. 20, 2025

By the time the Lakers rolled in for their third game of the preseason, the undrafted, training camp signee had already established he wasn’t going to let a moment slip past him.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 11, 2024

I try to slip past him, but he slams his hand against Christina’s bed frame, blocking my path.

From "Divergent" by Veronica Roth