slip past
Example Sentences
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In this range, agents occasionally bumped into one another and formed short-lived clusters, but still managed to slip past and keep moving.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 15, 2026
The individuals allegedly "conspired to sell billions of dollars'" worth of technology to buyers in China by faking documents and using dummy equipment to slip past audits, according to the DOJ.
From BBC ● Mar. 20, 2026
Perhaps apply the philosophies of all those “New Year, New You” mindfulness coaches to breaking news or can’t-miss promises designed to manipulate emotions to slip past our logical safeguards.
From Salon ● Jan. 21, 2026
The boat crews try to slip past or outrun whatever Colombia and the U.S. put in front of them: coastal patrol boats to frigates and helicopters farther out.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 28, 2025
I let myself out of the lab and slip past the outhouses and the abandoned hotel.
From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland
