Example Sentences

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Bank lending across the euro zone came to a near standstill last month, European Central Bank data showed on Wednesday, providing further evidence that the 20-nation bloc was skirting a recession.

From Reuters • Oct. 25, 2023

What began in banality ended in sublimity as the subject everyone was skirting — death — was finally approached via Bach’s Mass in B Minor and the deep listening of Maryann Plunkett’s performance.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 8, 2020

In 1982, she was chastised and warned that she was skirting ethics rules, and so she publicly promised to stop accepting the free clothes.

From Washington Post • Mar. 6, 2016

But Laane and its union allies then brought objections to one manufacturer’s plans to assemble rail cars locally, contending that the company was skirting environmental rules.

From New York Times • Nov. 22, 2014

The airy way she said it made me think there was more to it than that, that she was skirting something important, but she didn’t continue.

From "Made You Up" by Francesca Zappia