sidetrack

He turned down assisting a professor with data analysis for a book, for instance, because it would have required substantial changes to his class schedule that would sidetrack his early graduation.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 4, 2026

When Devi tries to sidetrack Dr. Ryan, she pivots the conversation.

From Salon ● Jun. 19, 2023

Georgieva told a conference in Washington that policymakers should adopt targeted measures to alleviate rising food and fuel prices, while avoiding steps that could fuel inflation or sidetrack monetary policy.

From Reuters ● Nov. 10, 2022

After ticking through many of the provisions in the law, including $1,400 stimulus checks that will go to many Americans, the president added a caveat, noting that various factors could sidetrack the recovery effort.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 12, 2021

Feeling the body, but not using it to sidetrack the mind.

From "Every Day" by David Levithan

He wants them amped up for when he faces jeopardy in criminal trials or if something sidetracks his nomination.

From Salon ● Nov. 15, 2023

“I hate spending energy and time on this kind of stuff because I feel like it sidetracks us,” state Sen. Shane Morigeau, a member of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes, said Thursday.

From Washington Times ● Jan. 6, 2023

"I don't think upward movement in interest rates alone is going to be the catalyst that sidetracks the M&A market," said Morgan Stanley's Miles.

From Reuters ● Dec. 20, 2021

The sprawl makes room for mistakes, but the sprawl also makes room for one-off experiments and odd narrative sidetracks.

From Slate ● Dec. 14, 2020

Their try-outs had to be made for the most part on sidetracks and freight switches, some miles outside Hendrickton, where the invention would not be in the way of regular traffic.

From Tom Swift and His Electric Locomotive, or, Two Miles a Minute on the Rails by Victor [pseud.] Appleton

But Ravichandran sees a chance that satellite companies get sidetracked and develop products aimed at deep-pocketed defense customers at the expense of other opportunities.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 19, 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

He got sidetracked on issues such as the size of crowds at his rallies and a bizarre — and debunked — claim that Haitian immigrants in Ohio are killing and eating household pets.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2024

It’s worth reflecting that there is more to governing than legislating, and even powerful governments can get sidetracked.

From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2024

Poppy had talked about going one day, but they got sidetracked into visiting the tomb of Lazarus instead.

From "Habibi" by Naomi Shihab Nye

Attention then lurched to another hot-button environmental issue — the world’s largest dam removal on the Elwha River — further sidetracking efforts to extend wilderness areas.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 13, 2022

A dozen ways of diverting, sidetracking, or derailing the conversation came to mind, yet somehow Nadine heard herself confessing to these people that Mercury’s funds were limited.

From Slate ● Nov. 28, 2020

“People did it for me,” he says before sidetracking into bafflement over what GIF means.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 27, 2020

Chamber of Commerce international economics head Myron Brilliant — that the two sides have set up a separate working group to help avoid sidetracking the rest of the discussion.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 10, 2013

From what he had heard of human prisoners, he'd guessed that sidetracking Steve's train of thought might help; it seemed to have worked.

From Fearful Symmetry A Terran Empire novel by Ann Wilson