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
Lemon could slip past tacklers with his speed — or just as easily plow right through them.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2025
I’d figured I would wait until night and then sneak out, using the cover of darkness to slip past the sanctuary.
From "Endangered" by Eliot Schrefer
