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sidetracked

verb

past tense of sidetrack

as in deviated

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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
She was also asked to perform the walk-and-turn exercise, and the one-leg stand exercise, and deviated from instruction on both counts.

— Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 30 June 2026

Definition of deviated

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Fortunately for both the Chenbot and millions of reality TV fans, disaster was averted as the host was saved thanks to a daring rescue attempt by a minor league baseball player by the name of Zach Cornell.

— Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 6 July 2026
Estimates suggest that as a result of the implementation of these mandates, more than 200,000 COVID-19 cases were averted by May 22, 2020.

— Ian Miller OutKick, FOXNews.com, 1 July 2026

Definition of averted

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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

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Their efforts have shifted the needle; the US last year recorded a jump in its greenhouse gas emissions, driven in large part by power plants burning more coal.

— Ella Nilsen, CNN Money, 13 July 2026
So now the narrative has shifted to the Sussexes not being interested in a meeting, but a picture.

— Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 13 July 2026

Definition of shifted

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Argentina finally re-took the lead for good in the 111th minute when Cristian Romero hit a glancing header that deflected off the arm of Cape Verde defender Diney Borges for an own goal.

— Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 13 July 2026
But Ruiz pounced on the rebound and deflected a shot off defender Timothy Castagne and into the back of the net.

— Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2026

Definition of deflected

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Salvador Perez hit a homer off Padres reliever Matt Waldron, a two-run shot that moved the Royals captain slightly closer to the club’s all-time record.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 19 July 2026
Trump then took the microphone and moved the conversation onto Balogun’s red card.

— Adam Crafton, New York Times, 18 July 2026

Definition of moved

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That same energy, when handled with skill, can be redirected toward insight, innovation, and stronger collaboration.

— Susan MacKenty Brady, Fortune, 14 July 2026
All of it is being caused by a massive heat dome centered near the Great Basin that is causing southern monsoonal moisture to be redirected toward the region.

— Rick Hurd, Mercury News, 13 July 2026

Definition of redirected

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