Skirting

Skirting the deep gullies, I walked to the palace mound and scrambled up the steep ramp; the rotting remains of steps turned under my feet.

Fire The Sky W. Michael Gear 2011

Skirting the constitution when it suits you I guess.

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Skirting the deep gullies, I walked to the palace mound and scrambled up the steep ramp; the rotting remains of steps turned under my feet.

Fire The Sky W. Michael Gear 2011

Skirting round the rutted concrete circuit, the path continued beyond the airstrip.

Country diary: Tempsford, Bedfordshire 2011

Skirting boards are aesthetically pleasing and give a room a visual solidity – we used to have regard for finishing things off properly with cornices, coving, parapets and so on.

Notes and queries: How can I allay my fear of death? Why did my email sit in cyberspace for five years? What's the point of skirting boards? 2011

Skirting round the rutted concrete circuit, the path continued beyond the airstrip.

Country diary: Tempsford, Bedfordshire 2011

Skirting the closure to the west of Sepulveda Pass would require even longer canyon routes between U.S. 101 and the Pacific Coast Highway.

L.A. traffic steers clear of 'Carmageddon' fears 2011

Skirting the closure to the west of Sepulveda Pass would require even longer canyon routes between U.S. 101 and the Pacific Coast Highway.

L.A. traffic steers clear of 'Carmageddon' fears 2011

Skirting a dense clump of tangled vegetation, Siobhan came to a sudden standstill.

The Priest Gerard O’Donovan 2011

Skirting the shores of the bay, where the Mackenzie disembogues into the Arctic Ocean, they entered the mouth of the Little Peel River.

In a Far Country 2010