circumvent

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To gain advantage over by arts, stratagem, or deception; to decieve; to delude; to get around.

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There is no chance, no destiny, no fate, that can circumvent or hinder or control the firm resolve of a determined soul. Ella Wheeler Wilcox

It is sometimes easier to circumvent prevailing difficulties [in science] rather than to attack them. Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff

There are many Saudi women doctors, and there are many wealthy and powerful and well-educated Saudi women who circumvent the restrictions put upon them, quietly or otherwise. Dave Eggers

According to my attempts to understand them, reality is systematically denied in the Copenhagen interpretation in order to circumvent consistency problems (such as "Is the electron really a wave or a particle?”). If there is no reality, one does not need a consistent description! H. Dieter Zeh

So during those first moments of the day, which are yours and yours alone, you can circumvent these boundaries and concentrate fully on spiritual matters. And this gives you the opportunity to plan the time management of the entire day. Menachem Mendel Schneerson

The impossible - we are told - cannot be achieved. To overcome the 'impossible,' we need to use our wits and be fearless. We need to break the rules and to circumvent - some would one say to cheat. Philippe Petit

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