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Recent Examples of shunt
That such a blunder might be shrugged off and even celebrated, rather than shamefully shunted away, struck Schuch as a very American notion.
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Lauren Collins,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2026
One scene found the toys dealing with being shunted aside by their owner Bonnie (Scarlett Spears), in favor of Lilypad (Greta Lee), a tablet designed in the face of a frog that allows its owner to build chat groups and play interactive games with friends for hours and hours.
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Brent Lang,
Variety,
16 Apr. 2026
The clams shunt sulfur- and oxygen-rich water to bacteria that live inside the clams’ gills.
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David George Haskell,
Big Think,
27 Mar. 2026
An injury crisis led to him featuring regularly from that point onwards, and he was shunted across the defence depending on which other players were available.
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Jay Harris,
New York Times,
14 Mar. 2026
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Lauren Collins,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2026
One scene found the toys dealing with being shunted aside by their owner Bonnie (Scarlett Spears), in favor of Lilypad (Greta Lee), a tablet designed in the face of a frog that allows its owner to build chat groups and play interactive games with friends for hours and hours.
—
Brent Lang,
Variety,
16 Apr. 2026
The clams shunt sulfur- and oxygen-rich water to bacteria that live inside the clams’ gills.
—
David George Haskell,
Big Think,
27 Mar. 2026
An injury crisis led to him featuring regularly from that point onwards, and he was shunted across the defence depending on which other players were available.
—
Jay Harris,
New York Times,
14 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shunt
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Sadeq and other officials decided to switch the Ashura procession to Beirut.
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Yet the decisions by power brokers to bring back the turf after switching to grass at the seven World Cup venues – including AT&T Stadium, Gillette Stadium, Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Lumen Field, SoFi Stadium and NRG Stadium – sure looks a lot like a slap in the face to NFL players.
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Firefighters got out of the rig and then redirected it around the Waymo as cars stopped nearby moved to allow the firetruck to pass.
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Domestication redirected this innate wiring; dogs now view their human household as their essential group.
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The sprawling northern territories clear to the Rocky Mountains and beyond transferred to Mexican control.
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Hayden Schuler has transferred from Sierra Canyon.
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The border shifted and changed hands here at least four times in the 19th century and a fifth time in the 20th, tugged south by war and treaty, peace talks and purchases.
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While shows like these still exist (Dora even got a modern reboot) Gen Alpha has shifted their viewing habits almost entirely online.
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This pair is made from organic cotton and spandex, creating a comfortable material that moves with you.
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Gregory said that approach helped convince her to move forward with the project.
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The final point is that markets often deviate from rewarding the long-term drivers of stock performance, like valuation and quality, which makes sticking with a winning formula very difficult.
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The one state that deviated from this was Kentucky, which chose red velvet as its favorite cake.
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Crépeau's block deflected the ball back to Breel Embolo, who took a second shot.
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The younger Carricarte, much like his father, deflected praise and shined credit on others.
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The deal averts a ballot referendum that backers from the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association said would’ve reigned in expansive local real estate taxes.
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The catastrophies that our heroine averts are awfully small potatoes — a bulldozer running amok, an amusement park ride speeding out of control, some prankish teenagers scheming to turn the girl’s shower into a steambath.
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“Shunt.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shunt. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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