bypassing

Sometimes, however, the best way for publicists to prevent stories being amplified is by bypassing social media entirely when reacting to a scandal.

It also meant bypassing a close US ally - Israel.

But for Trump, it seems, the old playbook wasn't working – and he was willing to risk appearing hypocritical, of bypassing America's Israeli allies, and of sitting down with designated "terrorists" to advance his dealmaking goals.

His order blocks Sony from bypassing CBS by sending new episodes of the popular programs directly to television stations that air them.

I know the focus of his column was on Kobe, but bypassing the three teenage girls in terms of who had “so much ahead of them” was wrong.