maneuver (around)

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Verb
  • Cromartie also took a plea deal for charges including strangulation, third degree assault of a police officer, first degree wanton endangerment, disarming a peace officer, fleeing or evading police, resisting arrest and violation of a foreign protective order, according to court records.
    Killian Baarlaer, The Courier-Journal, 18 July 2025
  • Of late, Netanyahu has attempted to fudge the issue by pushing through legislation that would create a technical process for drafting the ultra-Orthodox but in practice make the new requirements easy to evade.
    Yair Rosenberg, The Atlantic, 17 July 2025
Verb
  • Goodfellas has acquired world sales rights for Iranian director Ali Asgari’s satire Divine Comedy, following a filmmaker’s mission to dodge censorship, ahead of its world premiere in Venice’s Orizzonti sidebar.
    Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 25 July 2025
  • Phase variation like this is normally seen in pathogens like Salmonella and E. coli to dodge interception by immune cells or antibiotics.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 23 July 2025
Verb
  • Near the end of the run, Fiske made a terrific move to fake out a would-be tackler.
    Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 2 Dec. 2024
  • Instead, Baty double-clutched as if trying to fake out Smith.
    Will Sammon, New York Times, 6 June 2025
Verb
  • The show largely sidesteps politics to aim at easier targets, such as the boredom of retirement and the alienating effects of technology.
    Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 2 Aug. 2025
  • Fox News reported that staff at both Vanderbilt and the University of Tennessee were caught on undercover recordings describing deliberate strategies to rebrand to sidestep the bans against DEI.
    Jordan Green, Nashville Tennessean, 1 Aug. 2025
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“Maneuver (around).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/maneuver%20%28around%29. Accessed 5 Aug. 2025.

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