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divert

[dih-vurt, dahy-] / dɪˈvɜrt, daɪ- /




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And severe cold in the United States -- now Europe's biggest single supplier -- could divert its supplies to domestic buyers.

From Barron's Aug. 10, 2026

They do divert funds from the low-income and disabled Americans enrolled in the program.

From Salon Aug. 5, 2026

In Romania, authorities set off an explosion beside a river in a bid to divert much-needed water to a power plant.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 3, 2026

They took control and forced the plane to divert to Libya, where it refuelled.

From BBC Aug. 2, 2026

To divert ourselves, Mate and I began moving the contents of our old purses into our new ones.

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez

Yet even the best projections can crumble if, say, a parent loses a high-paying job or diverts money from their own retirement account to fund a 529 plan.

From MarketWatch Aug. 1, 2026

Supervising banks for reputational risk also diverts “resources from more salient risks without adding material value from a safety and soundness perspective or ensuring greater compliance with the law,” they add.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 8, 2026

The food for the larder is donated by the charity FareShare, which redistributes surplus food and diverts it away from landfill.

From BBC Feb. 27, 2026

While Zora and Henry get the chance to debate the merits of their work along the way, Koepp’s screenplay gallingly diverts attention to a far less charming parallel storyline just when things are getting good.

From Salon Jul. 3, 2025

Instinctively, my hands fold like I’m praying, and then I extend my arms forward, cutting through the splendor as it diverts in either direction, barely avoiding me on either side.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray

What happens here, mechanically speaking, is that liquidity is sucked out of the financial system and diverted to the real economy, in Howell’s words.

From MarketWatch Aug. 14, 2026

LNG cargoes from October, alongside diverted shipments from Egypt, which could ease some supply concerns, according to Fahnrich.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 13, 2026

Kazakhstan's cloud-seeding trials raised alarm in neighbouring Kyrgyzstan where fears were flagged of "cloud theft" -- alleging that rain clouds could be diverted to Kazakhstan, aggravating its own drought.

From Barron's Aug. 12, 2026

A Los Angeles Superior Court judge denied a request for a Los Angeles influencer charged with stealing luxury items from wealthy older men she met on dating apps to be diverted into mental health treatment.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 11, 2026

Restorative justice is sometimes used in Alameda County as an alternative to criminal court for juveniles accused of felonies, a process known as diversion because the accused is diverted away from criminal court.

From "The 57 Bus" by Dashka Slater

If any school district needed help diverting struggling children from a path that begins with school suspensions and ends in prison, it was the Little Rock School District in Arkansas.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 29, 2026

He is accused of diverting $2 million in public funds to finance his first presidential campaign.

From Barron's Jul. 26, 2026

Doing so would relieve the court of diverting its other resources to these ethics matters or, worse, undervaluing them altogether.

From Slate Jul. 15, 2026

All of them were found guilty of diverting European Parliament money, which judge Michèle Agi said should be considered as public funds.

From BBC Jul. 7, 2026

With a lurch Rishi realized his brain was also diverting blood flow to other parts of his body.

From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon




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