Thesaurus results for REDIRECTED

redirected

verb

past tense of redirect

as in swung

to change the course or direction of (something) upon hearing the noise, he redirected his gaze to the window

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Recent Examples of redirected Elinor Ruskin, 94, was among those redirected by police Wednesday after trying to get through a closed block. — Philip Marcelo, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2026 Stanley won because the audience did not need to be redirected to understand the value proposition. — Esade Business & Law School, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026 Instead of spending thousands replacing floors or refinishing woodwork, the couple redirected that budget toward updates that had a much bigger visual impact. — Tereza Shkurtaj, PEOPLE, 4 July 2026 Unguarded and standing inside the 6-yard box, Spain's Pedro Porro redirected a pass by Álex Baena perfectly into the net for a 2-0 lead in the 66th minute. — Ashley Mowreader, NBC news, 3 July 2026 Trump has accused vandals of ruining the pool, and redirected officers to police the area. — Shelby Talcott, semafor.com, 3 July 2026 The kingdom redirected a substantial portion of its oil exports through an East-West pipeline to the Red Sea terminal of Yanbu. — Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 2 July 2026 Troutman said nonurgent calls redirected to the nurse navigators will result in cost savings for Arlington. — Ciara McCarthy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 July 2026 The crash caused all lanes of the Long Island Expressway in both directions to be closed into the morning hours of June 30, and traffic headed to the Queens borough was being redirected, city officials said. — Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 30 June 2026

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Three tries in a seven-minute span, including two when Australian fullback Tom Wright was on the sidelines for a yellow card, swung momentum fully in favor of the back-to-back Six Nations champions.

— ABC News, ABC News, 11 July 2026
Chip stocks — once the hottest corner of the market — also swung sharply as investors continued to question whether the AI trade had become overextended.

— Alexa LoMonaco, CNBC, 11 July 2026

Definition of swung

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The 40-year-old goalkeeper, who only turned professional aged 25, helped Cape Verde hold the European champions to a goalless draw with a string of fine saves.

— Tom Burrows, New York Times, 12 July 2026
The Inter Miami forward, who turned 39 last month, arrived in the tournament with questions over his fitness after recently recovering from a muscle strain.

— Andrew Greif, NBC news, 12 July 2026

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Now, that excess gets diverted into the Austerlitz basin instead, where it’s held deep underground until the weather clears, then pumped gradually to treatment plants outside the city.

— Camille Knight, CNN Money, 4 July 2026
Hotels are offering 50% discounts, schools, mosques and sports halls have been prepared to house mourners, and bus and rail networks are being diverted to serve the main events.

— Parisa Hafezi, USA Today, 3 July 2026

Definition of diverted

Verb

Kylan Mbappé took a cut at the net early, though his right-footed shot was deflected out of bounds by goalkeeper Yassine Bounou.

— Joe Murphy, NBC news, 9 July 2026
In the long shadows of the Pacific Northwest, the Yanks were fortunate not to trail 5-1 at the half — and their lone goal came on a Malik Tillman free kick that deflected off a Belgian defender’s head into the net.

— Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 July 2026

Definition of deflected

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Rusak had spent months showing Ngo flat, organic-leaning designs before something shifted.

— Jessica Salter, CNN Money, 7 July 2026
State officials updated guidance for traffic stops involving legally armed drivers and Ramsey County law enforcement agencies shifted away from stopping drivers solely for equipment violations, such as broken taillights.

— Tyler Quattrin, Twin Cities, 7 July 2026

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