shunt
Example Sentences
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These days, art emphasizing subject matter often shunts form to the side, as if the visual analysis that form demands is irrelevant.
From Los Angeles Times
At the time, Piquet described the shunt into the wall as a "simple mistake".
From BBC
Jostling for position as he awaited a cross, the 40-year-old shunted his elbow into O'Shea's back, sparking a strong reaction from the Irish players and fans.
From BBC
The only option was brain surgery, to install a shunt to allow fluid to be drained from the brain - since then, Kobi has endured 16 surgeries.
From BBC
Alternatively, Fin Smith himself has been training at inside centre, primed, in the case of injury, to shunt out one spot to make way for Marcus.
From BBC
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