detoured

past tense of detour
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as in deviated
to change one's course or direction we had to detour for a few miles around the section of highway under construction

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Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of detoured All traffic will be detoured to Pittsburgh Avenue across the Young Street Bascule Bridge. Cailey Gleeson, jsonline.com, 10 Sep. 2025 The westbound exit ramps are closed and detoured at Pipestone Exit 29. Jalen Williams, Freep.com, 29 Aug. 2025 Motorists will be detoured using Kenrick Avenue. Kathryn Kovalenko, Twin Cities, 15 Aug. 2025 Southbound drivers will be detoured east on Elder Creek Road, south on Bradshaw Road, west on Florin Road and back to southbound South Watt Avenue, the county said. Sacbee.com, 14 Aug. 2025 Traffic would be detoured using the Loop 101 frontage roads. Olivia Rose, AZCentral.com, 8 Aug. 2025 The airborne flight detoured to a military base in Djibouti, where the migrants were held for weeks in a shipping container as the administration fought on appeal. Ella Lee, The Hill, 9 July 2025 Isaac Gonzalez of Slow Down Sacramento has argued that traffic should be completely detoured during market hours to avoid such conflicts. Ariane Lange, Sacramento Bee, 2 Mar. 2025 Williams’ growth was detoured by stress. Dan Wiederer, Chicago Tribune, 27 Feb. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for detoured
Verb
  • Kiko mostly bypassed the Hawaiian islands with its fiercest winds, as so many storms have before, and will instead fade off into the Pacific Ocean over the vast western end of the island chain that remains a mystery to many.
    Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Or will legacy systems and mindsets slow them down to the point at which they are bypassed by upstarts?
    Chris Perry, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The Princess of Wales has rarely deviated from her signature brunette tresses, often styled in a bouncy blowout, since marrying into the royal family in 2011.
    Janine Henni, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Which is why Mahomes played all of 48 seconds in the first two irrelevant games as Reid deviated from his customary inclination to play him most in the second-to-last rehearsal.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 23 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Notably, Miami midfielder Sergio Busquets avoided punishment after appearing to strike Vargas on the chin during the post-match melee.
    Ben Church, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2025
  • During his March 2023 visit to Mariupol, Putin had avoided the theater.
    Yegor Mostovshikov, The Dial, 9 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • But on just the third play of the fourth quarter, veteran tight end Zach Ertz turned a short pass in the flat into a 20-yard TD.
    Rob Reischel, Forbes.com, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Arkansas defensive end Phillip Lee turned a question about the challenges Ole Miss presents into a reflection on what the Razorbacks are doing.
    Tom Murphy, Arkansas Online, 12 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The league could void the Clippers-Leonard contract and order the forfeiture of first-round picks, a penalty experienced by the Minnesota Timberwolves when they were found to have circumvented the cap to sign Joe Smith.
    Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Had to wrap their minds around the bombshell from podcaster/investigative reporter Pablo Torre laying out allegations that team owner Steve Ballmer might have circumvented NBA salary cap rules by funding a $28 million no-show endorsement deal for Kawhi Leonard.
    Mirjam Swanson, Oc Register, 4 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • For a locker room that’s been through a lot because the front office swung and missed on the worst quarterback trade in NFL history.
    Zac Jackson, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Busta also received an assist from Papoose and Joyner Lucas, all of them sharing lyrical wordplay and seamless tradeoffs as Busta swung between his trademark dichotomy of rapping to gruff bellowing.
    Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • One person was killed Monday when a sports car veered off a rural roadway near Pala Casino and crashed into a tree.
    City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Sep. 2025
  • If a husband veered into the kind of toxicity that is on display in some of those quarters, he would be disciplined by our church.
    Marc Ramirez, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2025

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“Detoured.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/detoured. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.

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