detour

Caltrans conducted local road improvements on the project’s detour routes, including the resurfacing and striping of roads and intersections, installing traffic cameras, and placing temporary traffic signals.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2026

Khan said he takes a detour to get to the corner shop.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

One star recognises high-quality cooking, two stars indicate excellent cooking worth a detour, while three stars are reserved for exceptional cuisine worth a special journey.

From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026

Rather than abandon the detour, the team decided to drill a sediment core there.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 24, 2026

Yesterday, on the way home from school, their bus had to take a fifteen-minute detour because of a busted sewer pipe.

From "Eleanor & Park" by Rainbow Rowell

But the Everton midfielder is no stranger to taking the long road to success, having experienced plenty of setbacks and detours throughout his career.

From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026

Ms. Rubel detours into a lengthy discussion of the term “melting pot,” wherein immigrant food traditions become incorporated into the larger American cuisine.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026

Flyovers speed traffic while forcing pedestrians into hazardous detours below.

From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026

He next found himself taking detours to cover new streets in Northeast Los Angeles as he’d ride to and from Koreatown Run Club meet-ups at Los Angeles Community College.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026

He was apt to cross streams, climb fences, make any number of unexpected detours.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt

While nearby making an appearance at a convention, King noticed Asher’s chocolate in her hotel room and detoured to one of its factories in July 2025.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026

The next morning, we detoured to another of Iceland’s great waterfalls, Kirkjufellsfoss.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

Parton "detoured the whole entourage to come around over there to where we were and then she knelt down to talk to Heather for a minute".

From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026

When she was about 16, she detoured into what she called her “boy era,” pulling back from rigorous year-round training to date and go to football games like other students.

From New York Times ● Mar. 31, 2024

Instead she detoured in the direction of my table.

From "Stargirl" by Jerry Spinelli

A cost-benefit analysis of detouring for a lower price per gallon.

From Slate ● Aug. 1, 2026

She glanced at him once with what looked like a hint of contemptuousness and ended without detouring.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 10, 2026

Yet, it’s disappointment that Perkins serves up most frequently in “The Monkey,” detouring from every wide-open chance to showcase depth and humanity in favor of juvenile humor and gross-out splatter gags.

From Salon ● Feb. 21, 2025

Caltrans suggests detouring via State Route 91, which runs east-west, and Interstate 605, which runs north-south.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 2, 2023

Frightened jockeys take what Luther called “the married man’s route,” timidly detouring around the outside of the pack.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand