| 1 | History moves in zigzags and by roundabout ways. | |
| 2 | The route is circuitous and often redundant. | |
| 3 | Japan, too, has been arming itself in a roundabout way. | |
| 4 | At best, it is a very circuitous mechanism. | |
| 5 | So several recent Chinese investments have taken more roundabout forms. |