were circumventing
- past progressive of circumvent.
Example Sentences
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It also said some shippers were circumventing duties by falsely reporting the country of origin for goods entering the US.
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2025
An anonymous student told Reuters that their peers were circumventing this by watching the doc “on mobile phones through links shared over Telegram and Vimeo.”
From Slate ● Jan. 25, 2023
We were circumventing the fussiness and the protocol of the corporate world.
From The New Yorker ● Sep. 23, 2019
Bilardello responded, explaining that others were circumventing the rules and his actions were merely a response to proxy voting.
From Golf Digest ● Jul. 16, 2019
While authorities had some success between 2007 and 2008 in reducing its passage across the border, in 2009 U.S. authorities seized twice the amount seized in 2007, indicating smugglers were circumventing blockades.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2010
