distractor
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If your chosen distractor keeps you awake, try something else.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 3, 2022
Sure enough, Arnold’s group approached and took down the distractor.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 5, 2020
In the car, it is a navigator, a radio, a nagging distractor and a ready accessory to manslaughter; at work, it is both a vigilant assistant and an eager fellow shirker.
From New York Times ● May 16, 2018
Some researchers have reasoned that increasing a person’s cognitive load while asking them questions can act as a sort of distractor, making certain “tells” or nervous behaviors indicative of lying much more apparent.
From Scientific American ● Aug. 16, 2012
Instead of incessantly squeezing her arm, he barely held it, and finally dropped it to remove a briar from the skirt of his distractor.
From Bluebell A Novel by Mrs. George Croft Huddleston
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