- present participle of divert.
diverting
Example Sentences
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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
Liberal Democrat cabinet member for environmental services, Chris Wiggin, said the event was "diverting textiles from waste by prioritising reuse and recycling instead of being discarded as waste".
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
The mercenaries are now closely integrated into the country’s national army and local militias, exploiting smuggling routes and diverting trade flows to maintain control over key resources, including the Oubangui River.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026
But to a generation of writers after Wharton that structure—the lives and mores of the rich, the wellborn, and the climbers—proved endlessly diverting.
From "Class Matters" by The New York Times
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