diverting

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Obiang's government has also been accused of corruption and diverting the country's oil revenues for the benefit of the elite, which it denies.

From BBC • Apr. 22, 2026

Adding payments directly on X also opens the company up to native social commerce that bypasses traditional e-commerce checkout flows, potentially diverting volume from PayPal’s “crown jewel,” its branded-checkout button, according to Dolev.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 16, 2026

A solution was found: Lebanon would first have to make a splashy gesture toward peace, diverting attention from Iran’s demand.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026

“Dog Day Afternoon” makes for a largely diverting evening, but like many if not most stage versions of beloved films it never entirely succeeds at laying to rest the ghosts of its cinematic past.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

But to a generation of writers after Wharton that structure—the lives and mores of the rich, the wellborn, and the climbers—proved endlessly diverting.

From "Class Matters" by The New York Times