detour
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Lorries over 7.5 tonnes have had to take a detour since the upgrade work was identified, with checks undertaken and traffic lights installed on the bridge.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
Then they traveled to Philadelphia for a three-game set, took a detour to Washington to visit the White House before returning to New York.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 26, 2026
The detour to Asia can add a delay of some 20-30 days, Bronze said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026
This detour is not a clever design, but a historical leftover from our fish-like ancestors when the nerve took a straightforward path around the gill arches.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 11, 2026
On the way back he took a detour to the Fantasia.
From "The Thief Lord" by Cornelia Funke
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Flyovers speed traffic while forcing pedestrians into hazardous detours below.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
The diversions mark the latest redrawing of global oil flows after months of war have forced producers, traders and shipowners to abandon familiar routes for ever costlier detours.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026
One of the night’s longest detours centered on Trump’s planned White House ballroom.
From Salon ● Jul. 25, 2026
“The Odyssey” is a saga with half a dozen detours and one destination, Ithaca, Odysseus’ kingdom.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
We hadn’t gone far, but we had to make some detours on the way home because the roads were so flooded.
From "Life Is So Good" by George Dawson
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By plans laid ahead of time, most caravan vehicles detoured around the party while select caravan cars followed a police escort through the action.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 6, 2026
It detoured a few thousand miles away to Utah.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 10, 2026
When she was about 16, she detoured into what she called her “boy era,” pulling back from rigorous year-round training to date and go to football games like other students.
From New York Times ● Mar. 31, 2024
Southbound traffic on the 110 will be detoured to exit at the 10 Freeway interchange and reenter the 110 at either Exposition Boulevard or Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 26, 2024
She detoured on a riverside path and threw pebbles into the water.
From Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack
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
Flights to and from Taiwan and China, Taiwan and South Korea and Taiwan and Japan were amongst those detouring around the zone on Sunday morning, according to routes tracked on Flightradar24.
From Reuters ● Apr. 16, 2023
The bus stopped in front of a police officer, who was detouring traffic.
From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste
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