deviate
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And although Hurts started, the team appeared to deviate from its usual style.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026
These are ideas that have proved successful in modern football but Carrick's United deviate from this approach more than most.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
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
Tehran insists on controlling the waterway, saying it will charge fees for passage and threatening to hit vessels that deviate from its authorised route.
From Barron's ● Jul. 8, 2026
Crew Obligation Statement: “I think we need to deviate right about now.”
From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell
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"This is a fundamental discovery that deviates from theoretical predictions," Yang said.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 2, 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
ChatGPT won’t follow these instructions consistently, but at least when it deviates, you can get it back on track quickly with a reminder like, “Hey, you’re supposed to give me questions, not answers.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2025
He never deviates or lets himself be swayed by the voices outside the door, begging him to open up before a disaster occurs.
From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank
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As if to signal this iteration hasn’t completely deviated from its roots, in the show’s opening moments, Deborah Wayne coolly flicks the iconic flip-up frames made famous by Hardison’s Dwayne.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026
Tusk said Polish air defence would have shot down the missile if it had deviated from its trajectory and headed toward populated areas.
From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026
They often must provide evidence that the government willfully violated a policy or otherwise deviated from its charge — that is, did something irregular — to overcome the standard.
From Salon ● Jul. 30, 2026
The construction itself further deviated from the structure’s original design, which also contributed to the building’s structural weakness.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026
When my doctor told me that I had a really bad deviated septum, it seemed like a good excuse to go under the knife.
From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi
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But the deal broke down shortly afterward when Iran fired on commercial ships in Hormuz that it accused of deviating from its approved route through the waterway.
From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026
It also accused the convoy of deviating from the route co-ordinated with the military.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
Meanwhile, Klarna will be deviating from its traditional pay-in-four system that stretches a purchase over six weeks.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 28, 2026
The closest Sabbs and Colvin came to deviating from McDonald’s sanitized version of events came when the directors recognized the role Geoghan played in launching the Games.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 17, 2026
As if Frederick understands already that both have been assigned to their specific courses, that there is no deviating now.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
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