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
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
If rates hold steady, it wouldn’t be bad for bond and stock investors, assuming yields don’t deviate much.
From Barron's ● Apr. 30, 2026
“It’s been a long trip,” I said, trying to deviate the conversation away from the drowned man.
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
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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
But playing it safe comes with its own risks: If a familiar artist deviates from his or her usual mode, it can repel a loyal following.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 20, 2026
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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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
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
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
He barely looked at the road, yet the tires never deviated so much as a centimeter from the center of the lane.
From "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer
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Despite the surge in oil prices, oil majors and U.S. shale producers aren’t deviating much from their existing spending plans.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 12, 2026
But the new practitioners of the FDE strategy are deviating fundamentally from Palantir’s original design in a way that makes them unlikely to achieve the same success, people familiar with Palantir’s FDE approach say.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 4, 2026
He believes the asset manager erred in deviating from the contractual terms of the fund agreements.
From Barron's ● Mar. 4, 2026
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
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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