diverted

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Really, the constraint on Chinese growth is chronic malinvestment of the country’s savings, which are diverted toward export-manufacturing industries and low-productivity state-owned enterprises rather than toward investment in domestic services and the like.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

In a speech before departing his post, Gonzales alleged that authorities in the southern African country were “letting the United States pay for healthcare while officials diverted government funds to their own pockets.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026

It comes after a UK-bound EasyJet flight was diverted to Rome last week because a passenger had packed a charging power bank in hold luggage.

From BBC • May 25, 2026

A UK-bound EasyJet flight was diverted to Rome after a power bank was found to be charging in a passenger's luggage, it has been revealed.

From BBC • May 24, 2026

The danger which he presented was, after all, not immediate but slow and simmering, a sort which can, at least in the abstract, be postponed or diverted in any number of ways.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt