diverted
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In Gambia and Mauritania in western Africa, the industry drives food insecurity as fish that once sustained local communities are diverted into fishmeal factories.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026
An empty commercial plane at Riyadh airport’s Terminal 4, which handles domestic flights, was hit in the afternoon and dozens of incoming flights were canceled or diverted.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
Several flights were diverted to other airports as a precaution, according to the Civil Aeronautics Authority.
From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026
The government says that in 2025 more than 1,000 serious disruptive passenger incidents were logged by airlines, including a mid-air brawl that resulted in a flight being diverted.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 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
