sidestep

The device features a privacy recording light to notify wearers when it’s recording, but modifications available all over the internet allow users to sidestep it.

From Slate ● Aug. 5, 2026

As exports plummet owing to a ban on U.S. wine and liquor, California lawmakers ask Quebec’s premier to sidestep the president, lift the prohibition and promote free trade.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 2, 2026

Even if disrupted flows through both straits fall another 4 million barrels a day from current levels, the market can sidestep an acute shortage as long as “demand stays close to today’s depressed levels.”

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026

Much of the craze has centered around the models' ability to sidestep structural constraints, including strict historic-preservation rules in many European cities that restrict exterior-wall modifications such as drilling for external AC units.

From BBC ● Jul. 16, 2026

I sidestep a group of loud-talking women outside the Luxe Beauty Parlor, and a tired old man with round shoulders.

From "Finding Langston" by Lesa Cline-Ransome

But the film sidesteps the fact that Liam spent the mourning period criticising his brother for his failure to appear at charity shows supporting the survivors.

From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026

Every time a leader avoids a hard truth, sidesteps a real tension or makes disagreement feel risky, you pay a hefty price: conversational debt.

From MarketWatch ● May 27, 2026

As long as the U.S. economy sidesteps recession, the card companies can see the sales and earnings growth come in.

From Barron's ● Mar. 19, 2026

The arrangement sidesteps efforts to tie State Farm’s rates to its handling of disaster claims.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 7, 2026

Roza edged away from the fireplace, from the horrible painting over it, like an animal sidesteps a snake.

From "Bone Gap" by Laura Ruby

Zucker said league rules prevented her from facilitating directly, but Wachtell Lipton found that Zucker simply sidestepped that rule by passing along the Clippers’ preferred terms for a Leonard endorsement through a business agent.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026

As Robyn explains in Slate, the majority sidestepped the question weighing the actual legality of the ballroom’s construction, focusing instead on a technical question of standing.

From Slate ● Sep. 3, 2026

She also sidestepped questions about whether she regretted any of her decisions during the uprising.

From Barron's ● Jul. 29, 2026

Leavitt, however, sidestepped questions about who currently has control over the oil route.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 8, 2026

The brachy had landed his front two legs and then sidestepped uneasily at the blast, the great neck craning around to see where it had come from.

From "Dactyl Hill Squad" by Daniel José Older

It's a strategy that focuses on how apps are designed, not what is posted on them, essentially sidestepping the broad immunity internet sites enjoy in the US regarding content created by their users.

From Barron's ● Aug. 10, 2026

Judges around the country, however, are letting many cases go to trial on a theory that says their products are designed intentionally to addict people, sidestepping arguments that rely on claims of harmful content.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026

This potentially traumatic subplot is the closest “Renoir” gets to traditional suspense, but even here Hayakawa adopts a muted approach, sidestepping shock value for bittersweet commentary about young people’s confusion around love.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2026

The book ends with Fagan questioning the appeal of hunting across the millennia and sidestepping an answer.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 30, 2026

“And DuShawn likes Addie,” I say, sidestepping the obvious question, Why is Kelsey putting notes in Joe’s locker?

From "The Misfits" by James Howe