diversion
Example Sentences
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“With $59 million already committed and major diversion and rehabilitation works underway, we are moving decisively,” Alicia Bárcena, the country’s secretary of environment and natural resources, said in a written statement.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 2026
If you don’t want to paint, watching Ross whisk landscape masterpieces into being within 30 minutes, exercising a sorcerer’s assuredness, is diversion enough.
From Salon • May 2, 2026
His website details working with psychologists and psychiatrists to craft diversion programs and treatment plans for “justice-involved people with mental illness.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026
In 2026, the railway is used by regular passenger services, commuters, steam engines and even mainline trains travelling between London and Glasgow when a diversion is required.
From BBC • May 1, 2026
So for diversion he acquired the habit of crawling back and forth across the walls and ceiling.
From "The Metamorphosis" by Franz Kafka
Vocabulary lists containing diversion
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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
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