diverted

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Sugar prices slid 5.7% on month, as fewer Brazilian farmers diverted sugarcane to ethanol production, while a weakening of Brazil’s real helped foreign buyers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 3, 2026

So many microchips are being diverted to AI data centers that there aren’t enough left for consumer devices, and it’s starting to affect the price of tech products.

From Barron's • Jun. 26, 2026

It required 50% of all green and food waste be diverted by 2020; by 2025, that number was supposed to hit 75%.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 24, 2026

“I’ve yet to see it. We found it. We immediately diverted it.”

From Salon • Jun. 22, 2026

About fifteen and a half minutes after Joe Mondragon first diverted + water from Indian Creek into his parents’ old beanfield, most of Milagro knew what he had done.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols