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Recent Examples of sidetrackThe moon’s clash with Mars threatens to sidetrack you.—Usa Today, USA Today, 5 Aug. 2025 This can sidetrack the ethical development required for true happiness.—Ross Channing Reed, The Conversation, 5 Aug. 2025 Bates initially commissioned Kresser to create a painting for Hinton, but Kresser got sidetracked.—Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 25 July 2025 In any case, with Guadagnino now sidetracked by other projects — including the Amazon sci-fi flick Artificial — there may be just enough time for Schwarzenegger to prove himself and come back Psycho-ready.—Benjamin Svetkey, HollywoodReporter, 11 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for sidetrack
Using the black nubuck base seen on 1990s looks including the black/red Playoffs and the Aqua colorway, the early 2000s Chrome look deviated from the colorful accents seen on those styles.
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Riley Jones,
Footwear News,
13 Oct. 2025
Occurring more than halfway through the performance, the scene is used to introduce the tragic backstory of the Phantom character at a freak show — a new narrative deviating from the original source material.
Financial, production, and human resources have been diverted to the defense sector, causing the civilian economy to struggle with increasing demand.
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Jeffrey Sonnenfeld,
Time,
15 Oct. 2025
Similarly, about three-fourths of DEA agents, a third of US deputy marshals, and nearly all Homeland Security Investigations agents have been diverted to work on immigration, according to ICE documents detailing assignments through the end of August that were first obtained by the Cato Institute.
Coming off the positive of his first career touchdown Saturday, Perich mostly deflected questions on what this moment meant for him, especially in the context of the Cal game.
With that goal, Messi moved into first place in the Golden Boot race, one goal ahead of Denis Bouanga of Los Angeles FC, who is away on national team duty with Gabon.
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Michelle Kaufman,
Miami Herald,
12 Oct. 2025
If you are trapped by moving water, move to the highest possible point and call 911 if possible.
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NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
12 Oct. 2025
Police said the driver of a gold truck traveling northbound abruptly braked and swerved to avoid a head-on collision with Lacy's Charger.
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Deena Zaru,
ABC News,
10 Oct. 2025
That witness said the driver of a gold truck traveling north slammed on the brakes as Lacy’s Charger approached southbound, causing a female driver in a Kia Cadenza behind the gold truck to swerve into the southbound lane to avoid the truck.
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