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sidetracked

verb

past tense of sidetrack

as in deviated

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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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The long-term care industry says not every clash can be averted.

— Jordan Rau, NPR, 19 July 2026
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

Definition of averted

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Because California is the nation’s largest agricultural producer and most populous state, demand for water is high, and wildlife often suffers when water from dams is diverted to farmland.

— Velvet Wu July 17, Sacbee.com, 17 July 2026
Shutting the strait down would block in the millions of barrels per day of oil that the Saudis have diverted through their pipeline to the Red Sea export terminal of Yanbu.

— Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 16 July 2026

Definition of diverted

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But overall, has the focus shifted away from set pieces across recent World Cups?

— Mark Carey, New York Times, 21 July 2026
De la Fuente wisely shifted to a more tiki-taka-esque focus with a stout defense moving forward and hoped that his wingers would get healthy as the tournament progressed.

— Patrick Sung Cuadrado, CNN Money, 20 July 2026

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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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Johnson was born in southern California and grew up in Omaha after her family moved there.

— Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 26 July 2026
The charge, which has since been dropped, was related to a dispute Dillon had with her former neighbors who had since moved and did not pursue the case, her lawsuit said.

— Emma Tucker, CNN Money, 25 July 2026

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Most importantly, Russia has redirected its trade flows, especially energy, toward friendly markets in Asia and the Middle East, stabilized the ruble through capital and export controls, and mobilized domestic industrial capacity.

— Wesley Alexander Hill, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
The effort comes at the same time as the FBI has mandated that 260 analysts be redirected from field offices nationwide to focus on the Fulton County probe, according to an agency memo reviewed by ProPublica.

— Jeremy Kohler, ProPublica, 15 July 2026

Definition of redirected

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In 2010, a man in Florida swerved to avoid an animal in the roadway, striking a guardrail maintained by untrained prison inmates.

— Charles Bethea, New Yorker, 20 July 2026
Jackson then allegedly drove over into another lane and swerved at the victim, while using an obscene hand gesture.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 7 July 2026

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