Word: short-circuited
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...Card Jr., McClellan did not want to go. Although he had talked to colleagues sporadically about departing as long as a year ago, he had planned to stay until after the midterm election. Friends said he had gotten the internal signal and wanted to get it over with, to short-circuit the craziness of having to refuse to speculate about himself from the podium...
...process by which students find a thesis adviser requires they go talk to faculty members and grad students and that actually helps them hone their idea,” Campbell says. “If we had a matching process, that would short-circuit that whole process...
...wants the job, this much is certain: much lies in the hands of George W. Bush. His adviser Karl Rove "will still run the party," says a Republican insider. "Everything from speaking events at state parties to Air Force One rides will go through him." A Bush endorsement could short-circuit the nominating process, just as Bill Clinton's support of Al Gore gave Gore a decided edge in 2000. Or the President could stay steadfastly neutral, as Reagan did in 1988, when his Vice President, George Herbert Walker Bush, faced five challengers and almost lost the nomination...
...Szymanski’s jump to Major League Baseball—star cornerback Jay McCareins now plays on both sides of the ball in an attempt to compensate—the Crimson defense will key on stopping the run in the hopes that plugging the line of scrimmage will short-circuit the Tigers’ offense...
Kidder charged the ball, diving forward and to her left and making the spectacular catch to short-circuit the Dartmouth rally...