Example Sentences

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The view of some at senior levels of the New Brunswick government was that the informal working group, seduced by the possibility of a scientific mystery, was circumventing the province.

From BBC • Jan. 10, 2026

Barr had initially scheduled five executions set to begin in December, but some of the inmates challenged the new procedures in court, arguing that the government was circumventing proper methods to wrongly execute inmates quickly.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 2, 2020

Some of the selected inmates challenged the new procedures in court, arguing that the government was circumventing proper methods in order to execute inmates quickly -- and wrongly.

From Fox News • Nov. 21, 2019

He starts off the piece by criticizing the agency for not being the first to discover that was circumventing Safari’s privacy protections by placing a cookie on users’ smartphones.

From Forbes • Jun. 29, 2012

He cheered his followers even while he was circumventing their mutiny.

From The Spanish Pioneers by Lummis, Charles F.