distracted
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Don’t get distracted by your own relationship with your son-in-law.
From MarketWatch • May 4, 2026
When police put this to Malik in his interview, he responded: "Yeah the videos were playing, but I'm not distracted by it."
From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026
Mostly, however, Boston is steaming at principal owner John Henry, a former civic hero who’s become regarded as an aloof steward distracted by investments like Liverpool in the English Premier League.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 27, 2026
Don’t get distracted by “ETF vs. mutual fund” debates.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 24, 2026
I distracted myself by focusing on the birds that had perched on the tree stumps, one holding its wings fully outstretched as if to dry its feathers in the breeze.
From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo
Vocabulary lists containing distracted
"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, Chapters 16–19
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Out of the Dust
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