as in to stutter-step
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Scammers distribute invitations to food truck owners through Gmail accounts, often using multiple email addresses to evade scam blocking filters.—
Tamia Fowlkes,
jsonline.com,
14 Aug. 2025 -
The other, finished in Sebring Orange, was able to evade authorities briefly but was eventually located three hours away in Martin County, Indiana.—
Bryan Hood,
Robb Report,
12 Aug. 2025
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Agents work best with standardized checkouts instead of needing to dodge botblockers and captchas while filling out forms via screenscraping.—
Craig DeWitt,
Forbes.com,
18 Aug. 2025
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Meantime Heat traded rehabbing Haywood Highsmith to Brooklyn in a minor-deal pick swap that allows team to dodge the luxury tax and create a second roster opening.—
Greg Cote
August 17,
Miami Herald,
17 Aug. 2025
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Democratic officials in some states with commissions are now talking of trying to sidestep them to counter Republican redistricting in Texas.—
David A. Lieb,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Aug. 2025
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The 2002 plan, though opposed by Israel and sidestepped by the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Sudan and Morocco through their establishment of diplomatic ties with Israel via the Abraham Accords, continues to serve broadly as the basis for the Arab League's position.—
Tom O'Connor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Aug. 2025
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“Pump-fake.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pump-fake. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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