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                    as in bypassed
                                                
              
          
                                                      to avoid by going around                                       
              
                             skirted the construction zone                         
                
                                                                                                                                                                          
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                    as in circumvented
                                                
              
          
                                                      to avoid having to comply with (something) especially through cleverness                                       
              
                             the new bill would make it harder for companies to skirt environmental regulations                         
                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
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                    as in flanked
                                                
              
          
                                                      to be adjacent to                                       
              
                             the commercial district skirts the river's edge                         
                
                                                                                                                                
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                    as in bordered
                                                
              
          
                                                      to serve as a border for                                       
              
                             the wooden fence that skirts the construction site                         
                
                                                                                                                                
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