detour
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So “what initially looked like a catastrophic blockade begins to resemble a constrained detour, rather than a full seizure of the artery,” Innes said.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 17, 2026
None of the players who took a detour to the pros have been as impactful to their teams as Bediako, though.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 3, 2026
Fans believe that all this activity points to Styles gearing up to announce his fourth album, after a brief detour into marathon running last year.
From BBC • Jan. 13, 2026
That detour gave me a chance to admire the stone ruins of a hotel that was built next to the springs in 1870s.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 5, 2026
Once in the Netherlands, Blake came up with an excuse to make a brief detour to The Hague, a small Dutch city on the North Sea, very close to Rotterdam.
From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau
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