Example Sentences

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Voters have continued to flood into his campaign events, including one on Sunday in which the audience offered enthusiastic support and bypassed the opportunity to ask him about the controversies of his past.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

"She shook the hand of the players on my right, bypassed me, then shook the hand of everyone else," he says.

From BBC • May 27, 2026

Micromanaging the geography of human call-center labor is unlikely to improve outcomes in a world where those workers are increasingly replaced — or bypassed — by software.

From MarketWatch • May 11, 2026

The maritime data company found that 26 such vessels have bypassed the blockade since it began on April 13.

From Barron's • Apr. 21, 2026

All the way upstairs they went, and when they got to the top, Franz bypassed the bedrooms, snuffled urgently, and pawed the door that led into the building hallway.

From "The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street" by Karina Yan Glaser