distraction
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“Performance is usually the driving one and performance was a large aspect of this decision. Distraction was a small part of it and something we had to factor in.”
From Seattle Times • Jun. 9, 2023
Alexandra Chang explores that dichotomous sense of the personal and political in her novel "Days of Distraction."
From Salon • Aug. 21, 2022
Arizona State students might pull back the Curtain of Distraction inside Desert Financial Arena to reveal a Penn State Nittany Lion mauling a Trojan, or a Bruin frozen in perpetuity.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 4, 2022
Distraction displays are seen in birds and some fish.
From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022
Kim’s up to the part of Operation Distraction, when Brooke Vega and a dozen assorted punks descended upon the hospital.
From "If I Stay" by Gayle Forman
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