diversion
Example Sentences
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The result is a diversion, as clever and mean as Phoebe’s TV show.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026
For President Trump it will also be a chance to be seen on the world stage next to royalty and might be a welcome diversion from his own political battles.
From BBC • Apr. 26, 2026
“Mr. Pearce Jr. will be entering a six-month diversion program,” one of Pearce’s attorneys, Jacob Nunez, said Thursday in a statement provided to the Associated Press.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2026
Today, the risks surrounding technology transfers, data security, and supply chain disruptions, as well as the potential for dual-use technology diversion from civilian to military purposes, have grown exponentially.
From Barron's • Apr. 22, 2026
For my seventeen-year-old brother, romance was an entirely new experience and a wonderful diversion from the ghastliness of ghetto life.
From "The Boy on the Wooden Box" by Leon Leyson
Vocabulary lists containing diversion
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