distraction

It might be easy to write these moments off as nothing more than a superficial distraction, as Arregui does early on, and characterize musicals as shallow and cliche.

"From a safety perspective, we thought that was important. No distractions," Ms Tomay told a group of reporters at an event in California.

Timothy dismissed calls to split up the department, calling it a "distraction from the delivery of core business".

But somehow the commotion remained strictly outdoors; the only distractions inside came from the orchestra’s ardent fans routinely applauding between movements.

It isn’t clear if that pivot will lead to success, but it is at least a distraction from the problems in their main operations.