detour

New Zealander Woods and her team battled two heatwaves, storms, a swarm of horseflies, and wildfires that resulted in a detour that added five kilometres and 200m of treacherous climbing to her route.

From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2026

Then they traveled to Philadelphia for a three-game set, took a detour to Washington to visit the White House before returning to New York.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 26, 2026

The detour to Asia can add a delay of some 20-30 days, Bronze said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026

This detour is not a clever design, but a historical leftover from our fish-like ancestors when the nerve took a straightforward path around the gill arches.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 11, 2026

The dash is like a detour; it interrupts the sentence and inserts another thought.

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner

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

The diversions mark the latest redrawing of global oil flows after months of war have forced producers, traders and shipowners to abandon familiar routes for ever costlier detours.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026

One of the night’s longest detours centered on Trump’s planned White House ballroom.

From Salon ● Jul. 25, 2026

Others sensed turbulence approaching and took detours around destructive winds.

From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George

It detoured a few thousand miles away to Utah.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 10, 2026

Several main roads in and around downtown, as well as some bus routes, have been closed or detoured.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2025

Finding myself nearby, I’d detoured to have a look — and there was Mr. Khan, at first looking at me curiously and then waving me over to join him.

From New York Times ● Jun. 5, 2024

Drivers detoured 5 miles and bought “West Seattle Island” swag.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 26, 2024

On a cold spring afternoon, while walking home from school, I detoured through the playground at the end of our alley.

From "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan

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

All eastbound trips near the intersection are detouring as delays are expected.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 13, 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

Flights to and from Taiwan and China, Taiwan and South Korea and Taiwan and Japan were amongst those detouring around the zone on Sunday morning, according to routes tracked on Flightradar24.

From Reuters ● Apr. 16, 2023

The bus stopped in front of a police officer, who was detouring traffic.

From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste