skirting

Example Sentences

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According to the Times, the former used car salesman from Lakewood, New Jersey, was one of many who received clemency by skirting official processes and instead relying on influential lobbyists and attorneys to gain reprieve.

From Salon

Severe weather disrupted parts of the United States on Wednesday, with a tropical storm skirting Hawaii, thunderstorms knocking out power in Kentucky and Tennessee and a relentless heat wave stubbornly parked over the Southwest.

From Reuters

“More often than not, these do at least sometimes raise questions about whether they’re skirting at the edge of the law,” Weiner said.

From Seattle Times

Try skirting the rose with Geranium Rozanne®, a hardy geranium that blooms from June until frost with waves of saturated purple-blue flowers.

From Seattle Times

The breakaway contingent rumbled through villages and along a road that cut through patches of forest and flat farmland, skirting gulleys carved out by tributaries of the Don River.

From Reuters