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Perhaps recast the sentence: "Unlike a legal proceeding, the Freeh inquiry did not involve sworn testimony, and …" (Trying to skirt this issue by using a phrase like "unlike in a legal proceeding" is no better, since "unlike" is a preposition and should be followed by a noun or pronoun, not another preposition).
The rather bland conclusion that ferrets should keep being used seems to skirt this issue.
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At any rate, the third example skirts this issue.
GQ, like many outlets, skirts this issue by including links in its Instagram profile ― which users can click on.
Lovell skirts around this issue, but I find it hard to tell whether she's dropping hints or I'm imagining too much.
Lost in Showbiz has a terrible feeling that reporters skirted around this issue in fear of mockery, cruel voices suggesting that Lohan really hasn't had any kind of cinematic comeback whatsoever, and that a minor film festival has made up an award in order to give it to her, thus whipping up some much- needed publicity.
The manuscript skirts around this issue, and does not really address how to build the present complex into a functional Rev RRE complex, or how all of the structures may or not be consistent with that functional complex.
In the indictment, prosecutors seemed to skirt the issue.
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