distract

With mounting Russian attacks on the capital, his family is in "constant stress" and he tries to distract himself by planting tomatoes.

From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026

When the fight ended, "there was no longer anything to distract me," Daria says.

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026

“We mustn’t allow the occasional flareup of political drama to distract us from this fundamental point,” he wrote on X.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026

Turner and Barbaro have charm up the wazoo, and Gluck does a fair amount of key-jangling to distract from the nagging issues of the premise itself.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026

What would distract me if I were an animal?

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer

Led by Susan Angelo, Jan Wikstrom and Ellen Geer, this ensemble, under the direction of Willow Geer, diverts and distracts from the mustier aspects of Coward’s style.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026

Ultimately, the fixation on Hasan Piker distracts from more substantive issues.

From Salon ● May 2, 2026

The attacker's unusual position drags Van Dijk away from the right side of the pitch and distracts him as PSG build up to what resulted in a goal.

From BBC ● Apr. 28, 2026

You know to turn the faucet in the bathroom off while rinsing out your swimsuit but something distracts you.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 23, 2026

It distracts me and I forget not just the gist of the conversation, but its entire direction as well.

From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman

Mr. Craighead was raised by a distracted mother and a reviled stepfather.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

More recently, colleagues complained that Aiello, based in New York, seemed distracted by traveling to tend to Cesena FC, the Italian soccer team he and an investor group took a stake in several years ago.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026

Just when he’s got you disoriented and distracted, he strikes, boring you to death.

From Salon ● Sep. 2, 2026

Riggs said the Teamsters’ safety argument is weakened by the inconsistent safety record of human truck drivers, who have fallen asleep at the wheel or driven while distracted or otherwise impaired.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2026

At this point, spirits were usually so distraught and distracted by their own eternal fate that they did not notice anything about him.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman

The sets have too many doors, the scenes have a delirious number of extras and the actors yell their lines over the distracting clatter of crackling fireplaces, beeping machines and ticking clocks.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026

They did at least scramble a half point despite loud music being played by an on-course DJ clearly distracting Woad and Noh as they lined up their final putts.

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026

Owens herself manages to do a bang-up job of distracting people from the way she doesn’t practice what she preaches.

From Salon ● Sep. 8, 2026

And then, are all these added elements distracting?

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026

“We have a childcare company, and our clients wouldn’t appreciate you distracting us.”

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller