distracted
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His ordinary folks freeze up and stop short of saying what they think or scream things they don’t mean, or get distracted from fixing a problem that wouldn’t even take much work.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
Just when he’s got you disoriented and distracted, he strikes, boring you to death.
From Salon ● Sep. 2, 2026
It came after a 2022 study, external which showed that about a third of pupils in Scottish classrooms admitted they had been distracted by the devices.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
Apparently, there’s also a nonzero chance he might get distracted from his day jobs, again.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026
And it seemed to me that even if the whole world was distracted with its accidents and lies, I wouldn’t be distracted.
From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri
Vocabulary lists containing distracted
"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, Chapters 16–19
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