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straying

adjective as in deviating

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And his political views were easy to figure out: Halimi had made numerous media appearances as one of the Taliban’s more ardent critics, accusing them of straying from Islam’s true principles.

From Salon

These align patriarchal themes with a return to those mythical “traditional values” from which Americans are constantly straying.

From Salon

In his role as head of state, the monarch is expected to avoid straying into politics.

From BBC

The Israeli military accused the group of straying from an approved route and said warning shots were fired into the air "to distance them away".

From BBC

Marty, meanwhile, hollow-eyed and churlish about straying from their objective, seems haunted with guilt after a recent stint in jail for setting a building on fire.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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