slip past

Example Sentences

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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

The work, led by researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine and published Nov. 17 in Nature Immunology, reveals that tumors do more than slip past the immune system.

From Science Daily • Nov. 20, 2025

Lemon could slip past tacklers with his speed — or just as easily plow right through them.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 6, 2025

But we slip past and down Tatarska Street.

From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron