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

The toads pranced and twirled and shimmied to the finish line where, with one final croak and sidestep, Bob passed the red ribbon, victorious.

From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega

But thanks to Reid’s indefatigable charisma, this vampire sidesteps the resentment millions hold for real-life bloodsuckers by inviting us behind the velvet curtain.

From Salon ● Jun. 13, 2026

When a leader consistently sidesteps tension and doesn’t model what it looks like to receive a hard truth, the team reads the signal: Disagreement is not safe here.

From MarketWatch ● May 27, 2026

Antoine Fuqua’s musical drama depicts the early life and career of Michael Jackson in a film that sidesteps controversy in favor of pure entertainment.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 25, 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

He took a few sidesteps, like one wrestler circling another, except that he was thirty feet away; the maneuver was ridiculous.

From "Grendel" by John Gardner

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

From Barron's ● Jul. 29, 2026

Cardrooms had since sidestepped the ban by giving players the option to take turns dealing the game and relying on third-party businesses to employ people who act as bankers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 27, 2026

The plaintiffs’ lawyers in the Los Angeles case sidestepped Section 230 by arguing that the way the platforms themselves were designed was harmful and intentionally so.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 26, 2026

The Kremlin has sidestepped questions about the documentary in the wake of the Oscar win.

From BBC ● Mar. 26, 2026

The horse sidestepped nervously, feeling the awkward load shifting from side to side on its back.

From "Ceremony:" by Leslie Marmon Silko

Armed with flashlights, dozens of community members stepped into the darkened Westlake Theatre, sidestepping puddles and broken glass as they imagined what the century-old movie palace could become.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026

But Terry Smith, sometimes called “the English Warren Buffett,” shocked his remaining fans this month by sidestepping that mantra.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026

The Interior Department contracted to spend $14.7 million on the renovation, which a nonprofit sued over for sidestepping required reviews.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 18, 2026

SpaceX would like to make it a much bigger business in the future via its plans for orbital data centers, sidestepping the limitations of land and power which are posing increasing obstacles for terrestrial facilities.

From Barron's ● Jun. 12, 2026

As we descend the stairs, I wrap the gauze tightly around my hand, sidestepping bodies without looking at their faces.

From "Insurgent" by Veronica Roth