distracted
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Bailey told the court it seemed Brighton was helping Mohammad with directions as to where to turn and when to turn when he "allowed himself to become distracted".
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
He’s distracted when he decides to race a comet: “We roared and thundered along side by side, both doing our level best, because I’d never struck a comet before that could lay over me.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
Just when he’s got you disoriented and distracted, he strikes, boring you to death.
From Salon ● Sep. 2, 2026
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
But Penelope was too distracted by her own concerns to point this out to Mrs. Clarke.
From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood
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"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, Chapters 16–19
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