detour

“When my paycheck lands, it takes a detour through bitcoin.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

Rather than abandon the detour, the team decided to drill a sediment core there.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 24, 2026

Construction work around the Wellington Bridge was cited by organisers as the main reason for the error, which forced a slight detour to the course's usual route.

From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026

There is a brief detour about frozen salmon.

From Salon ● Aug. 5, 2026

Why was he taking a detour on this edge of the island, so far from school?

From "Tiger Boy" by Mitali Perkins

Whether we planned for them or not, the road is filled with obstacles, detours and dead ends.

From Salon ● Aug. 24, 2026

Born in Italy into a family of bricklayers, Rucci spent his youth in Youngstown, Ohio, and carved a path as a land-use attorney and developer with a few detours along the way.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026

“The Odyssey” is a saga with half a dozen detours and one destination, Ithaca, Odysseus’ kingdom.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026

Some of it is fascinating, some less so, but all of it is ultimately well worth Ms. Finn’s detours.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026

Ron, who might once have found the necessity of these detours a cause for jealousy rather than hilarity, simply roared with laughter about it all.

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling

Suddenly, she detoured to Target and declared “we’re combining,” and I dutifully rewrapped and scribbled a joint note for gifts that never felt quite right alone but together were perfect.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

Parton "detoured the whole entourage to come around over there to where we were and then she knelt down to talk to Heather for a minute".

From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026

By plans laid ahead of time, most caravan vehicles detoured around the party while select caravan cars followed a police escort through the action.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 6, 2026

Finding myself nearby, I’d detoured to have a look — and there was Mr. Khan, at first looking at me curiously and then waving me over to join him.

From New York Times ● Jun. 5, 2024

I turned and headed back—past the foundry, past Grandpa’s house, past the Cold Sassy tree and the depot, past our house, which I detoured around, and on toward the hotel and the block of stores.

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns

A cost-benefit analysis of detouring for a lower price per gallon.

From Slate ● Aug. 1, 2026

She glanced at him once with what looked like a hint of contemptuousness and ended without detouring.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 10, 2026

Yet, it’s disappointment that Perkins serves up most frequently in “The Monkey,” detouring from every wide-open chance to showcase depth and humanity in favor of juvenile humor and gross-out splatter gags.

From Salon ● Feb. 21, 2025

I figured out that they were detouring traffic off exit ramps prior to the bridge on each side.

From New York Times ● Apr. 1, 2024

The bus stopped in front of a police officer, who was detouring traffic.

From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste