diverting

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As it currently stands, road use fees fall short of fully funding roadway systems in most states already, and governments are currently diverting funds from other sources.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 1, 2026

Prosecutors allege Liaw orchestrated a scheme to bypass Super Micro’s compliance, diverting $510 million in servers to China and staging dummy servers for inspectors.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 21, 2026

But Iran has blocked the strait and attacked ships in the Gulf, so Saudi Arabia has been diverting its oil along the East West Pipeline to the Red Sea.

From Barron's • Mar. 19, 2026

But it’s also a solid piece of entertainment that isn’t shy about making the family’s frequently painful dynamics queasily diverting.

From Salon • Mar. 14, 2026

But to a generation of writers after Wharton that structure—the lives and mores of the rich, the wellborn, and the climbers—proved endlessly diverting.

From "Class Matters" by The New York Times