deviate
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Whether this legal challenge will succeed depends in part on whether judges will continue to defer to the president on these particular levies, no matter how much they deviate from previous practice.
From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026
“But she’s not a scat singer. She improvises more in the technique of the Baroque period, expanding and contracting phrases or adding trills that deviate from the melody.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 11, 2026
Department of Justice sued RealPage, a Texas-based software company, alleging it gathered private data from landlords to set rent prices and make it difficult for property managers to deviate from these price recommendations.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026
He has faced calls from opposition parties to set out his plans, confirm who he intends to appoint to his cabinet and explain whether or not he will deviate from Labour's 2024 manifesto.
From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2026
Like all good shooters, the pattern of Bull’s shooting did not deviate; in fact it was unconscious, buried in instinct, and rooted in long hours of boyhood practice.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
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She deviates from the one-note mean girl role, supplying Gen with dimensionality and kindness that characters like these were rarely afforded.
From Salon ● Aug. 18, 2026
Periods where inflation deviates more from target than unemployment are associated with tightening monetary policy.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 19, 2026
In doing so, the measurement deviates from lived experience, especially for cash-strapped Americans who are most exposed by these price changes.
From Slate ● Apr. 24, 2026
Or it was evidence of how immersive theater can delight when it deviates from the script.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 18, 2026
She rarely deviates from her original pattern, her hymn of particulars.
From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García
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This week's exchange of strikes was sparked after Iran was accused of targeting three vessels it said had deviated from its approved route.
From Barron's ● Jul. 11, 2026
In its statement on Tuesday, the IDF said an inquiry into the incident had "determined that the soldiers' conduct completely deviated from IDF orders and values" and expressed "deep regret over the incident".
From BBC ● Apr. 21, 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
When it picked No. 3 seed Illinois to go all the way, it deviated from the pack and the other AI models.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 24, 2026
Only when they deviated from meticulous routine did they run the risk of losing something.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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Meanwhile, Klarna will be deviating from its traditional pay-in-four system that stretches a purchase over six weeks.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 28, 2026
He believes the asset manager erred in deviating from the contractual terms of the fund agreements.
From Barron's ● Mar. 4, 2026
When Beijing released the blueprint for its next five-year plan earlier this month, it made clear it has little intention of deviating from a path that has, in Beijing’s eyes, worked exceptionally well.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2025
That night, Roberts removed Ohtani from his no-hit bid because, as he put it after the game, he didn’t feel comfortable deviating from the superstar’s prescripted pitching plan.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2025
It is not a system that allows for deviating.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
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