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Sure, an IPO is usually regarded as a road to riches, but there’s many a speed bump, detour, and dead-end on that hoped-for path to bundles of cash — especially in the presently buoyant ad tech land.
CHEATSHEET: PUBMATIC PLOTS PATH TO GROWTH AS A PUBLIC AD TECH VENDORSEB JOSEPHDECEMBER 10, 2020DIGIDAY
So Mankiewicz’s decision to target Hearst was shocking, and the explanation for it requires a detour into Mankiewicz’s long and winding biography.
THE TANGLED HISTORY BEHIND DAVID FINCHER’S MANK — AND ITS LINK TO CITIZEN KANE — EXPLAINEDALISSA WILKINSONDECEMBER 4, 2020VOX
She said a detour was set up around the area, but traffic was backed up for about three miles.
I-81 CLOSED NEAR HARRISONBURG AFTER TRUCK STRIKES OVERPASSDANA HEDGPETHNOVEMBER 12, 2020WASHINGTON POST
If you’re planning on attending or booking a separate trip, keep these adventure detours in mind.
27 EPIC TRIPS TO START PLANNING NOWTHE EDITORSSEPTEMBER 8, 2020OUTSIDE ONLINE
In order to see why, we need to take a brief detour through the philosophy of mathematics.
ANIMALS THAT CAN DO MATH UNDERSTAND MORE LANGUAGE THAN WE THINKERIK NELSONJUNE 14, 2020SINGULARITY HUB 
Leaving the main road a detour of a few miles enabled us to visit Crowland Abbey shortly before reaching Peterborough.
BRITISH HIGHWAYS AND BYWAYS FROM A MOTOR CARTHOMAS D. MURPHY
Had we known of this at the time, a short detour would have taken us through its quaint streets.
BRITISH HIGHWAYS AND BYWAYS FROM A MOTOR CARTHOMAS D. MURPHY
The much-desired inn soon appeared, but, to the surprise of Gorenflot, Chicot caused him to make a detour and pass round the back.
CHICOT THE JESTERALEXANDRE DUMAS, PERE
Three armed with Winchesters made a long detour and dropped quietly into the sage-brush just beyond accurate pistol-range.
BLAZED TRAIL STORIESSTEWART EDWARD WHITE
The enemy opened fire without delay, so the Yeomanry had to make a wide detour.
THE RELIEF OF MAFEKINGFILSON YOUNG
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OCTOBER 26, 1985
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WORDS RELATED TO DETOUR

  • aberration
  • alteration
  • anomaly
  • breach
  • crotch
  • deflection
  • detour
  • difference
  • digression
  • discrepancy
  • disparity
  • divergence
  • diversion
  • fluctuation
  • fork
  • hereticism
  • inconsistency
  • irregularity
  • modification
  • shift
  • transgression
  • turning
  • variance
  • variation
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