diversion

Example Sentences

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Those diversions often meant ships had to travel around all of Africa to get to Europe and other destinations, adding weeks to voyages and increasing costs substantially.

From Barron's

O’Connor reportedly asked the judge to delay the musician’s case so it could be transferred to an unspecified diversion program, which could keep her client from serving jail time.

From Los Angeles Times

What starts out as a seemingly harmless diversion quickly becomes a trap.

From The Wall Street Journal

But Mark argued that journeys via the diversion were taking much longer than mapping systems suggested.

From BBC

Also, it’s important to keep in mind that “diversion routes are not entirely risk-free,” she added, pointing out that the East-West pipeline has been targeted in prior regional conflicts.

From MarketWatch