side-stepping

• “Just at a time when public confidence in the GOP is waning, Hutchison delivers another blow by side-stepping on a pledge she made ...”

  Hutchison explains decision to remain in Senate

• “The European Commission, admirably side-stepping the whole issue of why hundreds of EU citizens are seeking asylum abroad, has rallied to the member state's cause.”

  Archive 2009-09-01

• “Hmmm, maybe this explains Huntsman side-stepping the climate change issue last week at the Heritage Foundation.”

  The Huffington Post: Michelle Kraus: The Newt/Huntsman Thing: Is It a Marriage of Convenience?

• “While largely side-stepping the initial cause of the invasion, 5 Days lingers on the human toll of the Russian assault, and on the courageous war reporters who struggled to get the story of war crimes out to the world.”

  The Huffington Post: Govindini Murty: The Cinema of Liberty: The Top 10 Pro-Freedom Films of 2011

• “How these two teams slug it out, each second-guessing the other, laying traps and side-stepping them, sparring with oodles of cunning and connivance.”

  Wilkie Collins’ No Name « Tales from the Reading Room

• “Or whether it was part of a wider, broader development in the moral universe of the contemporary novel, that looks outwards at the world, over and again, to find meaning and validation, whilst quietly side-stepping the internal configurations of the emotions as too complex, too hidden and too capricious to be meaningful?”

  Moral Universes « Tales from the Reading Room

• “Continuous demands have been made from the PML-N which are met with side-stepping from the Government considering the risk of a political fallout.”

  Global Voices in English » Pakistan: Ex President’s Trial – Treason Or Revenge?

• “But that is no longer the case: Bankers are exploiting loopholes to fast-track emerging-market businesses into the index, side-stepping the scrutiny of an IPO.”

  The Wall Street Journal: The FTSE 100: From Blue Chip to Fool's Gold

• “His supporters had targeted the 3,500 delegates, and Mr. Perry himself had poked some other candidates for side-stepping the event.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Herman Cain Wins Florida GOP Straw Poll

• “The media's side-stepping the issue and pretending all's well reminds me of a scene from the movie Good Luck Chuck.”

  The Huffington Post: Josh Shahryar: Dear Marie Claire and Media: Fat People Are People, Too

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