Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sidetracks
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Piker’s endorsement of Mills deviates from other progressives who have thrown their support behind Platner.—
Sydney Topf,
The Washington Examiner,
8 Apr. 2026 -
But then the dream deviates, and takes me to the set of Gilligan’s Island, where Bob Denver, who originally played the part of Gilligan, has been replaced by a bearded intellectual who looks like Karl Marx combined with Cesar Romero, who played the Joker on the original Batman TV show.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
17 Mar. 2026
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For now and unless Williams changes his mind again, the move averts a potential historic litigation where Washington planned to sue Williams over his plan to switch schools.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
8 Jan. 2026
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The Corps project averts potential catastrophic flooding that could lay siege to about 475,000 residents, California and the nation, according to the government’s court documents.—
Ishani Desai,
Sacbee.com,
8 Nov. 2025
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The system diverts stormwater into a giant tank and then, at Fourteenth Street, pumps it out at up to three hundred and fifty million gallons a day, sending it on to the Newtown Creek wastewater facility.—
Eric Klinenberg,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2026
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This diverts from the usual legislative process of amendments, markups and the like, which Huizenga told Newsweek was problematic for debt proposals in the past.—
Michael Smolens,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
3 Apr. 2026
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Christian therapists now widely condemn this as spiritual gaslighting that deflects accountability and compounds trauma.—
Ed Gaskin,
Boston Herald,
29 Mar. 2026
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But Herb deflects any praise that comes his way.—
Greg Riddle,
Dallas Morning News,
26 Mar. 2026
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And through all this, Saariaho’s elaborately beautiful orchestration scintillates, jabs, caresses, and swerves, giving all that vivid misery a sheen of lyric glamour.—
Justin Davidson,
Vulture,
7 Apr. 2026
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At first, the robot drives around a glass panel displaying an ad, but then swerves back inside the bus shelter and hits the panel without one.—
Frank Landymore,
Futurism,
26 Mar. 2026
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The rupture comes when one of the younger siblings quietly redirects funds to support the pro-Palestinian encampment at Columbia University.—
Michelle F. Solomon,
Miami Herald,
9 Apr. 2026
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In that way, it could be seen as part of a broader rebranding strategy as the agency redirects away from vaccine efforts and toward a less contentious agenda on healthy food ahead of November’s midterm elections.—
Ali Swenson,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Apr. 2026
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The lens switches from distant to close subjects in a snap.—
Jim Fisher,
PC Magazine,
6 Apr. 2026
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With the session ticking towards the two-hour mark, Mudryk switches to shots from outside the box.—
Liam Twomey,
New York Times,
2 Apr. 2026
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The trip feels oddly smooth, as the robotaxi cleanly shifts lanes and slows down to avoid hitting other vehicles and bicycles on the road.—
Nicholas Gordon,
Fortune,
26 Mar. 2026
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Gruev goes inside to Ampadu, who quickly shifts it to James Justin as Habib Diarra harries him.—
Beren Cross,
New York Times,
25 Mar. 2026
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“Sidetracks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sidetracks. Accessed 12 Apr. 2026.
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