distraction

Example Sentences

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Misconceptions about the company’s past have become “an impossible distraction,” it added.

From The Wall Street Journal

While Siddiq continued to insist she was not guilty of any wrongdoing, she quit her junior ministerial role in order not to be a "distraction" for the government.

From BBC

Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy sent letters to governors directing that crosswalks must not contain distractions: “Roads are for safety, not political messages or artwork.”

From The Wall Street Journal

But it’s a tribute to Ms. Ypi that we, too, come to care about the questions that drive her to distraction.

From The Wall Street Journal

Someone inevitably blinks or a background distraction ruins the shot.

From The Wall Street Journal