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detour

[dee-toor, dih-toor] / ˈdi tʊər, dɪˈtʊər /


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Race Across the World: The Detour will chart the ups and downs of the series with the help of a different guest each week, including comedians and celebrity fans of the show.

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026

Pennebaker; and a marvelous TV series featuring schoolchildren that Godard made with Anne-Marie Mieville, his longtime partner and collaborator, titled “France Tour Detour Deux Enfants.”

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 15, 2022

Sheridan excels as playing insecure young men — see also "The Mountain," "Detour," and "The Night Clerk" — but he is in danger of getting typecast.

From Salon • Dec. 22, 2021

Detour signs sent us through miles of farmland and nondescript villages displaying vestiges of the former East Germany — large concrete block apartment buildings.

From Washington Post • Oct. 7, 2021

In the mean time, San-ge-man had returned to the Detour and removed his entire band to Point St. Ignatius.

From Old Mackinaw The Fortress of the Lakes and its Surroundings by Strickland, W. P. (William Peter)




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