Example Sentences

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Bolivian President Rodrigo Paz was swept to power last year, shunting aside nearly a generation of socialist rule in this landlocked country and winning friends in the Trump administration for his pro-market views.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

In the meantime, she said, shunting well-liked leaders will sink morale.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 29, 2025

It has repeatedly shut plaintiffs out of court entirely by shunting them into forced arbitration.

From Slate • Jul. 11, 2025

That process would not only exert enormous mechanical stresses on the magnets, it would also require safely shunting tens of gigawatts of power in and out of them with exquisite efficiency, Gourlay says.

From Science Magazine • Mar. 27, 2024

Eventually Captain Candless gave the word and they started shunting toward the coast, running closer to where they would attempt their trickery.

From "Ship Breaker" by Paolo Bacigalupi