Verb (used with object) : The hills skirt the town. ,Traffic skirts the town. ,The senator skirted the issue. From Dictionary.com.
They say that on the way to Trinkitat several of them were passed, and great care had to be taken in skirting alongside. From Wordnik.com. [Three Months in the Soudan] Reference
LEMON: That's what I call skirting a question. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 13, 2006] Reference
A company might be making unbelievable profits one year and "skirting" bankruptcy the next. From Wordnik.com. [The United States Since the Civil War] Reference
This is kind of skirting, maybe the Turner Field area on southward where the greatest threat of this storm is right now. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 15, 2008] Reference
Whether or not that's true, this kind of skirting of the line on race makes GOP establishment figures very nervous these days. From Wordnik.com. [Does Haley Barbour have a "bubba" problem?] Reference
In fact, as we take a closer look at that area, you'll see the rain kind of skirting the region, skirting Lake County at this time. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 3, 2007] Reference
So here's the main edge of the storm, but still this is some outflow from it, kind of skirting along Georgia, up into South Carolina. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 5, 2004] Reference
The State was "skirting" the issue of the legal status of the embryo. From Wordnik.com. [ireland.com Breaking News] Reference
Lieberman addressed Palin's readiness directly, without "skirting" anything!. From Wordnik.com. [Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog] Reference
So far her parents have answered by saying everyone is different - 'kind of skirting around the issue'. From Wordnik.com. [Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph] Reference
It's like everyone's been kind of skirting the issue over the last few months so as not to upset anyone. From Wordnik.com. [Advertising Age - Homepage] Reference
La Beauce or the Landes, to climb the gentle slopes skirting the. From Wordnik.com. [The Automobilist Abroad] Reference
Dverghamrar, is in the form of a semicircle skirting the sea-coast. From Wordnik.com. [Wonders of Creation] Reference
Anyone tiptoeing around the rules is said to be "" skirting the law. ''. From Wordnik.com. [Making Pols Into Crooks] Reference
The brother and sister went out on the road skirting the fortifications. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
The school opened in March, skirting Taliban laws barring female education. From Wordnik.com. [Periscope] Reference
Delta and Northwest have come a long way since skirting with Chapter 11 last year. From Wordnik.com. [Buckle Up] Reference
The doctor does magic tricks dressed in several yards of Christmas tree skirting. From Wordnik.com. [The Oscars] Reference
Lauga is quick to say, as a taxpaying citizen himself, he doesn't think skirting taxes is right. From Wordnik.com. [Cash Business In Gulf Makes Compensation Difficult] Reference
Michaele Salahi skirting questions about her finances in an interview with the Associated Press. From Wordnik.com. [Quoted: Michaele Salahi on her household finances] Reference
But skirting the law is simple semantics: Courses are dubbed landscaping projects or green housing. From Wordnik.com. [Hitting the Links in China] Reference
I think I'll go down and walk on the beach, skirting the dead fish and coughing in rhythm with the tides. From Wordnik.com. [Starr Gazing: The Baseball Blues] Reference
These companies manipulate the system, skirting tax laws by misclassifying the drivers as independent contractors. From Wordnik.com. [James P. Hoffa: Put an End to Sweatshops on Wheels] Reference
Mukasey waffled on the matter in a Senate hearing last week, and some Democrats assailed him for skirting the legal issue. From Wordnik.com. [Drowning In Questions] Reference
Although the administration was skirting the law, it has enjoyed the public-relations advantage in the feud over the census. From Wordnik.com. [Politics And The Census] Reference
They tell me the curé still says mass, and when it is over, regains the presbytery by way of the back lane skirting the marsh. From Wordnik.com. [A Village of Vagabonds] Reference
Lockerbie to Edinburgh, via Moffat, Biggar, and Penicuik, skirting the Fells of Peebleshire and running close beneath the Pentland. From Wordnik.com. [The Automobilist Abroad] Reference
Ayat followed a route along footpaths and through fields, skirting Israeli military checkpoints and crossing unnoticed into Jerusalem. From Wordnik.com. [How Two Lives Met In Death] Reference
In addition to skirting bureaucracy, the article cites pressures to publish, get tenure or win grant money as motivations to fudge data. From Wordnik.com. [SCIENCE SCAN] Reference
That salty bit of e-mail comes from the good ship Chessie Racing, skirting Cape Horn some weeks ago in the Whitbread Round the World Race. From Wordnik.com. [Taste The Salt, Feel The Wind] Reference
The software giant Infosys has built a majestic campus on the city's outskirts, with manicured grass lawns skirting a tinted-glass facade. From Wordnik.com. [Funky Towns] Reference
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