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Amid reports that landlords were skirting the rules by having tenants sign 366-day leases, Newsom’s order extends the rules to rental agreements of any length.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 4, 2025

“Sure, we were skirting the rules, but what were the repercussions? There weren’t really any,” he said.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 3, 2022

They had given fake addresses or moved, and they were skirting the law – their own version of justice – however they could.

From The Guardian • Apr. 3, 2017

And we were skirting right along the American-Mexican border, and I looked out the right window, and there was the sprawl of contemporary El Paso suburbia.

From Salon • Sep. 28, 2016

They were skirting the well in the middle of the square, trying to give the cow monsters some distance, when Hazel stumbled on a loose piece of cobblestone.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan