deviated

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The purchases came just a week after Strategy sold Bitcoin for the first time since 2022—a move that deviated from its longstanding buy-and-hold playbook.

From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026

All throughout, NewsNation deviated away from a focus on local newscasts, instead recruiting media celebrities who’d lost their jobs at other networks: CNN’s Chris Cillizza, Fox News’ Chris Stirewalt, Newsmax’s Sean Spicer.

From Slate • Apr. 21, 2026

Despite heavy bleeding and a deviated septum, Davies continued playing.

From BBC • Mar. 28, 2026

However, some of these tokenized offerings have significantly deviated in value from underlying shares and critics point out that they are technically derivatives that don’t convey the same shareholder rights as underlying securities.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026

Flight over Channel w/out incident although deviated from planned course over Caen to avoid antiaircraft fire.

From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein