diverted
Example Sentences
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The plane was diverted to Tabuk Airport in north-western Saudi Arabia and touched down at 06:58, according to location data.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
Landed by other pilots on board, the flight was diverted to Saudi Arabia, where the Israelis were treated.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
With southern ports constrained, commerce is being diverted overland at higher cost and lower capacity.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026
Ships being inspected, diverted or blocked would be a completely different story.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026
For more than two years the canal inadvertently diverted virtually all of the river's prodigious flow into the Salton sink.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
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