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divert

[dih-vurt, dahy-] / dɪˈvɜrt, daɪ- /




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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

It’s better to capture the revenue than divert it to ticket resellers, he says.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 30, 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

“We worry that a Phase 3 trial could divert resources from lower-risk programs while at the same time co-opting the broader investment narrative,” Schmidt wrote.

From Barron's • May 14, 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




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