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diverting

[dih-vur-ting, dahy-] / dɪˈvɜr tɪŋ, daɪ- /
ADJECTIVE
amusing
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Diverting those tonnages from landfill or incineration can "improve our recycling rate as a nation quite significantly", he explained.

From BBC • Feb. 24, 2026

Diverting reads range from vintage magazines to Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker’s bizarre weight-loss guide.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 3, 2025

Diverting more traffic into the polluted community is going to make it worse, said Ed Avol, an expert on the health effects of air pollution.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 4, 2024

Diverting water can harm the river’s ecology, depriving species of the water they rely on.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 12, 2023

Our Converse at these Times is exceeding Diverting; him relating curious Stories of Animals or Roman Iniquity, & me relating Tales of the Village, the Cooperage, & the Mill.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson




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