maneuver (around)

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Verb
  • Penguin Press, June 17 Image El Dorado Drive by Megan Abbott After skipping town to evade a nagging creditor in 2008, Harper returns to her Detroit suburb months later to find her two older sisters, once in the throes of debt, sporting fresh highlights and driving a Lexus.
    Laura Thompson, New York Times, 22 May 2025
  • The former prisoners who have continued to evade police for nearly a week include Leo Tate, Jermaine Donald, Derrick Groves, Lenton Vanburen and Antoine Massey, according to USA Today, while Corey Boyd, Gary Price, Kendell Myles, Robert Moody, and Dkenan Dennis have been re-arrested.
    Sean Neumann, People.com, 22 May 2025
Verb
  • The chancellor’s attempt to seek your commission’s forgiveness years after deliberately avoiding your timely permission reads now like a cagey campaign to dodge his duties as steward of our knoll and subvert the relevant rule of law.
    Letters To The Editor, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 May 2025
  • The friends hit the road to dodge the authorities — and Kayla realizes that there’s more to Zorie than meets the eye.
    Michael Schaub, Oc Register, 20 May 2025
Verb
  • Watching the audience involvement with each fake out before the inevitable death is part of the fun, and something Brener says is the franchise that made him as an executive fall in love with audience testing.
    Brian Welk, IndieWire, 19 May 2025
  • Final Destination 2: The fire escape Another example of the franchise's excellent ability to fake out viewers happens during the death of Evan (David Paetkau).
    Keith Langston, People.com, 18 May 2025
Verb
  • The drug also sidesteps common opioid side effects including constipation and sedation.
    Michael Franco May 21, New Atlas, 21 May 2025
  • Speeding up the deportation process In addition to removing protections, the Trump administration has tried to speed up deportations for some immigrants by sidestepping the normal legal process that gives people a chance to contest their removal and make arguments to stay.
    Ashley Wu, New York Times, 21 May 2025
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“Maneuver (around).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/maneuver%20%28around%29. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.

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