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avoid or work around something- The President circumvented Congress by appointing the U.N. Ambassador after the Senate adjourned for the summer.
- The company circumvented the regulation by replacing regular employees with contractors and part-timers.
- They had to part in order to circumvent a crowd.Woolf, Virginia -- The Voyage Out
- I had to watch the steering, and circumvent those snags, and get the tin-pot along by hook or by crook.Conrad, Joseph -- Heart of Darkness
- He had made quite a study of the cracksman's craft, in a resolve to circumvent it with his own.Hornung, E. W. -- A Thief in the Night
- He gave up the hopeless attempt to circumvent Sir Patrick, and—come what might of it—dashed at a direct allusion to Sir Patrick's niece.Collins, Wilkie -- Man And Wife
- they must circumvent arid Nature exactly as I circumvent sordid Man.Collins, Wilkie -- No Name
- I passed out of the room, reflecting that it would not be easy to circumvent her.James, Henry -- The Aspern Papers
- But behold how iniquity can circumvent the lawTwain, Mark -- The Innocents Abroad
- Perchance they were seeking some method to circumvent the forest people.Hawthorne, Nathaniel -- Grandfather's Chair
- As we turned into the shrubbery path, I attempted to circumvent him in another way.Collins, Wilkie -- The Moonstone
- The bell, hung on the door by means of a curved ribbon of steel, was difficult to circumvent.Conrad, Joseph -- The Secret Agent
- Yet it had worked, more or less, and when it had not, he and his sister made themselves available to circumvent obstacles.Toni Morrison -- Beloved
- Obviously, we needed to circumvent the checkpoint.Betty Mahmoody -- Not Without My Daughter
- He gave Philip a slight smile, in which was a trace of satisfied cunning at having circumvented his enemy once more.W. Somerset Maugham -- Of Human Bondage
- The only thing that interests me now is the problem of circumventing the machine, learning if the inevitable admits a loophole.Albert Camus -- The Stranger
- Your Honor, what we have here is an attempt to circumvent rather than facilitate Miss Cardinal's wishes.David Baldacci -- Wish You Well
- For the moment I do not see how we are to circumvent him.Agatha Christie -- Early Cases Of Hercule Poirot
- He circumvented a cluster of people, straining for a better view.Nicholas Sparks -- Safe Haven
- But all of this protection can be circumvented once a gunman knows the precise motorcade route.Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard -- Killing Kennedy