rechannel
verb
re·chan·nel
(ˌ)rē-ˈcha-nᵊl 
rechanneled or rechannelled; rechanneling or rechanneling; rechannels
: to direct into a different channel
The system of government they designed, rather than denying the inherent tribalism of humanity, instead tried to rechannel it, to make it less likely to undermine good government or assault individual rights.—
Jay Cost
Jay Cost… raising the water table in the swamp's remaining 113,000 acres by capturing and rechanneling rainfall in the vast network of ditches that scar the land.—Ben Finley
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But his camp imagination soon ran way too wild and his efforts to rechannel bygone allure bordered on the carnivalesque.
—Nathan Smith, Rolling Stone, 21 Feb. 2023
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Nathan Smith, Rolling Stone, 21 Feb. 2023
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“Rechannel.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rechannel. Accessed 23 Jul. 2025.
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