digressing

present participle of digress
as in wandering
to speak or write about something that is different from the main subject being discussed He digressed so often that it was hard to follow what he was saying. If I can digress for a moment, I'd like to briefly mention her earlier films.

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  • Caiman was found wandering as a stray and suffering from demodectic mange, a skin infection that left him hairless and pink.
    Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
  • On the streamer’s biggest hit, Game Changer, a competition show in which the premise changes every episode, Wysocki has managed to nurture intense parasocial bonds with Dropout’s fans by showcasing his personality as a chillass wandering spirit.
    Kathryn VanArendonk, Vulture, 15 Sep. 2025
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  • Her memory of that day never flagged, every detail remaining crystal clear, her story never deviating.
    Maureen Lee Lenker, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Sep. 2025
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  • In November 2022, when early reports blamed a Russian missile for straying into Poland and killing two Polish farmers, then-US President Joe Biden was traveling in Indonesia was told about the crisis.
    Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Four hikers who admitted to taking psychedelic mushrooms were rescued in New York’s Catskill Mountains after becoming disoriented and straying off the trail, officials said.
    Michael Dorgan, FOXNews.com, 8 Sep. 2025
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“Digressing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/digressing. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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