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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No smear campaign distracted them.—
Shania Russell,
Entertainment Weekly,
7 Sep. 2025 -
Toward the end of the first set and beginning of the second, Anisimova appeared distracted by the lights and the roof, which were closed due to heavy rain in New York.—
Adam Zagoria,
Forbes.com,
6 Sep. 2025
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In the second case, the IMF is carried outwards by the solar wind and bumps into the magnetic field of the earth as the solar wind is diverted around it.—
Ian Dexter Palmer,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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Arrivals from cities including Gran Canaria, Tokyo, and Paris were diverted to alternate airports across Poland and Europe.—
Amanda Castro
Shane Croucher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Sep. 2025
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“Threw off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/threw%20off. Accessed 13 Sep. 2025.
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