skirting
Example Sentences
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Mr Pearson recommended sealing gaps around skirting boards, letter boxes and even light fittings.
From BBC
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.
Ella lives in the “state,” she runs afoul of the “party,” but skirting these details feels too timid.
From Los Angeles Times
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
Ships like these are allegedly cogs in a maritime smuggling network known as the "shadow fleet", skirting sanctions by passing themselves off as cargo vessels on legitimate business.
From Barron's
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