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It can be extremely awkward to ask a friend to put their mask on when they aren’t eating or to sidestep a hug from a loved one.
THE NEW RISKS OF DINING OUTELAZAR SONTAGFEBRUARY 3, 2021EATER
Hirshland, for her part, sidesteps the issue in her tweet and doesn’t try to suggest what a divisive demonstration might look like.
THE INHERENT DILEMMA OF OLYMPIC PROTEST RULESMARTIN FRITZ HUBERDECEMBER 14, 2020OUTSIDE ONLINE
Both ads sidestep seasonal cliches, albeit from opposite ends of the spectrum.
‘IT’S DIFFICULT TO MAKE THE RIGHT CALL’: THE MANY FACES OF THE U.K.’S CORONAVIRUS-ERA CHRISTMAS ADVERTISINGSEB JOSEPHNOVEMBER 12, 2020DIGIDAY
On the walk home through my Left Bank neighborhood, I sidestepped a restaurant that was packed both inside and at the tables set up along the sidewalk.
‘A CURFEW AT NINE O’CLOCK IS LIKE CLOSING RESTAURANTS’: FOR THE FRENCH, THE LATEST COVID MEASURES CROSS A LINEVIVIENNE WALTOCTOBER 15, 2020FORTUNE
That’s enabled its permit customers to sidestep heavy fines while delaying introduction of low-margin EVs, and packing their fleets with lucrative, gas-guzzling SUVs, trucks, and vans.
TESLA’S BIGGEST PROFIT CENTER IS DANGEROUSLY CLOSE TO RUNNING OUT OF POWERSHAWN TULLYSEPTEMBER 30, 2020FORTUNE
It’s a form of presidential action increasingly used in recent years to sidestep the need to convince Congress to pass laws.
AMERICANS WON’T BE ABLE TO DOWNLOAD TIKTOK OR WECHAT FROM SUNDAYCHARLOTTE JEESEPTEMBER 18, 2020MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEW
The two-step inoculation with different adenoviruses may sidestep that issue.
HERE’S WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT RUSSIA’S UNVERIFIED CORONAVIRUS VACCINETINA HESMAN SAEYAUGUST 11, 2020SCIENCE NEWS
Rapid fire legs sidestep the etchings of industrious ants while silverfish are the boatmen trouncing human oars.
THE LAND OF LOOK BEHINDPAUL CAMERON BROWN
When you seek to escape you find yourself backed up to the wall with no chance to sidestep.
TWENTY YEARS A DETECTIVE IN THE WICKEDEST CITY IN THE WORLDCLIFTON R. WOOLDRIDGE
"I just somehow kain't git over the notion she ought to sidestep them little rocks and holes of her own accord," he exclaimed.
THE KILLERSTEWART EDWARD WHITE
SYNONYM OF THE DAY
OCTOBER 26, 1985
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WORDS RELATED TO SIDESTEP

  • bypass
  • cheat
  • creep
  • dodge
  • dog
  • duck
  • elude
  • eschew
  • evade
  • fence
  • get around
  • goldbrick
  • lie down on job
  • lurk
  • malinger
  • parry
  • pussyfoot
  • quit
  • shuffle off
  • shun
  • sidestep
  • skulk
  • slack
  • slink
  • slip
  • slough off
  • snake
  • sneak
  • steal
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