Example Sentences

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Other foreign fighters told Reuters they were bypassing the formal processes and heading straight for the eastern front, hoping to get weapons and orders from the Ukrainian military upon their arrival.

From Reuters • Mar. 7, 2022

But with everyone participating at once, it felt more competitive and like people were bypassing the traditional benchmarks way faster than normal.

From Slate • Feb. 4, 2021

“It was so rough down here the college kids were bypassing Dickson Street and going to North College,” Fennel said.

From Washington Times • May 27, 2017

Those of you watching last week’s Open Championship from St. Andrews’ Old Course in Scotland may have noticed how many Tour pros were bypassing their full-sized drivers to use smaller-headed alternatives on some holes.

From Forbes • Jul. 22, 2015

Though the company was busily fixing up cottages to rent out, many displaced locals wound up on Pulama’s indeterminably long waiting list for housing, which they believed Pulama employees were bypassing.

From New York Times • Sep. 23, 2014