threw off

past tense of throw off
as in distracted
to draw the attention or mind to something else the sudden noise just threw me off completely, and I missed my shot

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Recent Examples of threw off Horton threw off flat ground on Friday and Saturday before the playoffs started and had hoped to throw from the mound last Sunday. Sahadev Sharma, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2025
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  • Animals at this time are moving for migration, and they’re distracted by breeding and hunting season.
    Owen Clarke, Outside, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Cramer said the rally was foreseeable, but many investors were distracted by persistent negativity.
    Luke Fountain, CNBC, 20 Oct. 2025
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  • His double in the final — a cheeky free kick and a left-footed volley at the back-post — officially took his tournament tally up to five, but the Famalicao forward saw three further shots diverted into the net for own goals.
    Thom Harris, New York Times, 23 Oct. 2025
  • The film, produced by Star Platinum, dramatizes a 1970 incident in which a communist group hijacked a passenger plane and diverted it to Pyongyang.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 21 Oct. 2025

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“Threw off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/threw%20off. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

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