detour

Khan said he takes a detour to get to the corner shop.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

He praised the long history of US-China relations, although he did take an unscripted detour to praise his ongoing ballroom project.

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026

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

From Science Daily ● Sep. 24, 2026

And a detour sits on my tongue like an airplane waiting on the runway.

From "Rules" by Cynthia Lord

I was in my late twenties at the time because I’d taken a few detours after I left high school, most of them dead ends.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026

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

From Salon ● Aug. 24, 2026

Flyovers speed traffic while forcing pedestrians into hazardous detours below.

From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026

One of the night’s longest detours centered on Trump’s planned White House ballroom.

From Salon ● Jul. 25, 2026

Mom told us the trip would be about fourteen hours if we took the highway, but we should tack on another couple of hours because we might make some scenic detours.

From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls

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

It detoured a few thousand miles away to Utah.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 10, 2026

And yet, Smith’s persona remains veiled — sphinx-like — an ethereal presence whose journey to fame was fueled by her questing spirit and later detoured by tragedy.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2025

The southbound highway lanes were closed and traffic detoured for the police response.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 23, 2024

Now there are more cars on the road around us, and all traffic is detoured right.

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman

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

All eastbound trips near the intersection are detouring as delays are expected.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 13, 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

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

From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste