bypass

Example Sentences

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There’s also been limited capacity to bypass the waterway.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 2, 2026

Then, in February 2019, Buckingham suffered a heart attack and had to undergo triple bypass surgery.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

Planes taking off from there will be forced to bypass much of the Iberian peninsula - either by flying over the eastern Atlantic or over France.

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026

The company operates a biometric identity platform that allows passengers to bypass the traditional airport security line.

From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026

At age thirty-nine he’d already invented the first technique for suturing blood vessels together, and had used it to perform the first coronary bypass and develop methods for transplanting organs.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot