skirting

Example Sentences

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Reports, including in technology outlet The Information, say DeepSeek has been skirting a US ban on the export of top-end chips to China to train its new V4 model.

From Barron's • Apr. 24, 2026

Just over a three-hour drive south, skirting the Rhine until you hit the Swiss border, heading into an Alpine gateway towards the turquoise waters of Lake Thun, footballing folklore is being scribed.

From BBC • Mar. 16, 2026

Some regulators say prediction markets are skirting sports-betting laws, which can call for licensing reviews, addressing gambling addiction and monitoring for fraud.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 24, 2026

Soon we were crossing the Missouri River, roaring through forest and skirting naked farmland where this year’s corn crop had just been cut.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 9, 2025

I rushed back to my room, skirting past my parents and their ever-growing dark matter, and got to work on mapping out a plan.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas