detour
Example Sentences
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The alert system puts in place precautions including around-the-clock maintenance of the roadway and possible closure and detours around the Grapevine.
From Los Angeles Times
This detour into horror is only temporary, but there’s no clear destination in sight.
From Los Angeles Times
Tourists and taxi drivers have been forced to make lengthy detours, but the Colosseum Archaeological Park remained open to visitors.
From Barron's
It detoured a few thousand miles away to Utah.
The career detour surprised fellow bankers, who said they didn’t view him as particularly partisan.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
