diversion
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The company has said it halted shipments to Megaspeed in the summer of 2025 and works with U.S. authorities to ensure there isn’t large-scale chip diversion to China.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2026
He called the fuss mostly a late-campaign diversion tactic.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026
“The diversion allegations against this regional cloud were thoroughly investigated and debunked last year.”
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 31, 2026
The report said Alice Huang, who is of no relation to Jensen Huang, was under investigation over the possible diversion of advanced Nvidia AI chips to China and had developed a close relationship with Jensen.
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026
Both Jeanne and Jacob silently resolved to grab as many of those old, tattered volumes as they could carry as soon as Michelangelo’s diversion began.
From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz
News outlet Axios reported on Wednesday that Trump had approved action against suspected diversions of Nvidia chips to China on at least three occasions this year, but that Lutnick did not act on the requests.
From Barron's ● Nov. 13, 2026
In Europe, hoax bomb threats prompted multiple flight diversions and emergency landings.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026
“The river has the capacity to go dry even in scenarios when there are very few diversions or overpumping.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
"It is not an old diversion that was never cancelled, it is one of these daft diversions that make no sense," she said.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
That explained blitzball, that explained the nightly meetings of the Super Suicide Society, that explained his insistence that I share all his diversions.
From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles
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