sidetracked

Example Sentences

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The appellate judges, sidetracked by the AI issue, never touched on that.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2026

The U.S. economy got sidetracked in February by tariff-related price increases, sluggish sales and the previous month’s Winter Storm Fern, but top executives were also more optimistic that business will improve later in the year.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 20, 2026

It’s a shame he got sidetracked into action-hero franchises.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 16, 2025

"My ambition was not to be a music photographer, my ambition was to be a war photographer - but I got a sidetracked in a great way," he says.

From BBC • Sep. 7, 2025

He did not want to be sidetracked again, and only grudgingly made his way back through the snow toward her.

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling