diverted
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The project, which has an estimated price tag of £33bn, would see hundreds of homes demolished, rivers diverted and the M25 motorway rerouted through a tunnel between junctions 14 and 15.
From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026
Forty-three flights bound for Istanbul Airport had to be diverted Wednesday, as did three flights heading for Sabiha Gokcen on the Asian side, which temporarily suspended take-offs due to strong winds, the transport ministry said.
From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026
Flight BA2660 was heading to Faro in the Algarve but diverted over north-western France in order to return to London Gatwick.
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026
An empty commercial plane at Riyadh airport’s Terminal 4, which handles domestic flights, was hit in the afternoon and dozens of incoming flights were canceled or diverted.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
Like a government diverting money from defence to education, humans diverted energy from biceps to neurons.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
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