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shunted

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past tense of shunt

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The contest between Bush and Bell tests how much the Democratic Party has shifted over the past two years.

— ABC News, ABC News, 4 Aug. 2026
Drucker remained widely read, but the political center of gravity had shifted.

— Steve Denning, Forbes.com, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of shifted

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She was first taken to South Shore Hospital and then transferred to Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston for treatment.

— Andi Babineau, CNN Money, 8 Aug. 2026
The crash victim, identified as a 66-year-old man, was taken out of the woods by the fire department using specialized vehicles and transferred to an ambulance which transported him to Life Star.

— Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 7 Aug. 2026

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Hicks said an off-duty state trooper and an armed citizen — whose identities weren't immediately disclosed — both fired back and diverted the gunman from the restaurant.

— ABC News, ABC News, 2 Aug. 2026
Due to the Brooklyn Bridge closure, drivers heading into Manhattan were diverted from Centre Street Exit to either FDR Drive or the Park Row South Exits.

— Elijah Westbrook, CBS News, 1 Aug. 2026

Definition of diverted

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The Costa Concordia allegedly deviated from its planned route around the Mediterranean Sea to do this.

— Katie Mather, PEOPLE, 13 July 2026
And yet at the start of the Mass, a priest read aloud a statement justifying the consecrations as a necessary defense of the faith and criticizing how the Catholic Church today had deviated from tradition.

— ABC News, ABC News, 1 July 2026

Definition of deviated

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Here, a source of primordial terror—the gaze that petrifies—is deflected by way of the highly polished shield that Perseus wields against the creature.

— Jan Tumlir, Artforum, 5 Aug. 2026
The north Londoners took the lead in the first half through £100million ($134m) summer signing Sandro Tonali, whose effort from outside the box deflected off Chelsea defender Levi Colwill and wrong-footed goalkeeper Teddy Sharman-Lowe.

— Elias Burke, New York Times, 1 Aug. 2026

Definition of deflected

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Johnson, a onetime Democrat who switched to the Republican Party in 2023, explicitly called out California and New York in an interview with NPR.

— Maria Aspan, NPR, 4 Aug. 2026
Some farmers switched to water-efficient crops, and others didn't irrigate at all on parts of their land, according to the Colorado Sun.

— Swasti Singhai, USA Today, 4 Aug. 2026

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