divert
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Both support the effort to divert some 911 calls away from the Los Angeles Police Department, shifting them to unarmed responders.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026
They expect more shippers to divert cargo to rail from trucks and projected that the deal will take 2.1 million trucks off the road.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026
“This idea that we can steal … and divert water however we want with no consequences has got to end.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 25, 2026
A plane from Paris to Detroit was forced to divert to Canada after a passenger from the Ebola-hit Democratic Republic of Congo boarded the plane "in error", officials have said.
From BBC • May 21, 2026
Except the player isn’t sacrificing a pawn to attack a king, it’s a parry, a feint, a foil shift to divert attention.
From "Black Brother, Black Brother" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
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