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

“Don’t let short-term volatility sidetrack your goal and strategy to achieve long-term gains,” Burley said.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 21, 2022

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

She didn’t want the movement to be distracted by any issues that could interfere with or sidetrack the mission.

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling

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 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

It sidetracks us from the things that actually matter, that really genuinely mattered to me.

From Slate ● Jan. 29, 2021

The silver lining in loss of funding may be that Kansas officials finally engage in a remedy - even if it sidetracks the quest for a short, sweet legislative session.

From Washington Times ● Dec. 29, 2015

Also the different parts of the siege train and ammunition for same, which will be required immediately on landing, are scattered through hundreds of cars on the sidetracks of the railroads.

From The Career of Leonard Wood by Joseph Hamblen Sears

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

Ellis says this narrative plays out in the film - Folarin works so much that he becomes "neglectful and sidetracked".

From BBC ● Feb. 6, 2026

A third said they migrated to the U.S. to further their education but got sidetracked as business opportunities arose, and 20% said they had hoped to achieve the American dream through work opportunities.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 21, 2025

It’s a shame he got sidetracked into action-hero franchises.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2025

Apparently, they weren’t in on the doctor’s-appointment-early-return-day for Ryan Dean West, and I’m going to get a little sidetracked here, but I was always totally convinced that Mr. Farrow was completely gay.

From "Winger" by Andrew Smith

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

Arano was a standout prospect for the Philadelphia Phillies, thrived in 60 appearances in 2018, then hurt his elbow in April 2019, sidetracking his career.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 26, 2022

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

From Los Angeles Times ● May 27, 2020

At one point he laments his sidetracking by drawing pictures of the plot line as strands of loops, switchbacks, and squiggles.

From Slate ● Jan. 7, 2016

For were it not for their skill in understanding the intricacies of the subject and in sidetracking irrelevant claims the disputes would be impossible of satisfactory arrangement.

From The Manóbos of Mindanáo Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume XXIII, First Memoir by John M. Garvan