skirting

Example Sentences

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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

With the leak's Maryland location upriver from Washington, much of it found its way to the waters skirting the US capital.

From Barron's • Feb. 18, 2026

China this summer sent a cargo ship to the Polish port of Gdansk by skirting the North Pole, a route twice as fast as travel times using the Suez Canal.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 30, 2025

Ella lives in the “state,” she runs afoul of the “party,” but skirting these details feels too timid.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 12, 2025

They came at last, skirting the water's edge, to where General Macarthur sat looking out to sea.

From "And Then There Were None" by Agatha Christie