Thesaurus / detour
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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, 2020DIGIDAYSo 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, 2020VOXShe 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 POSTIf 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 ONLINEIn 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. MURPHYHad 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. MURPHYThe 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, PEREThree armed with Winchesters made a long detour and dropped quietly into the sage-brush just beyond accurate pistol-range.
BLAZED TRAIL STORIESSTEWART EDWARD WHITEThe enemy opened fire without delay, so the Yeomanry had to make a wide detour.
THE RELIEF OF MAFEKINGFILSON YOUNGWORDS RELATED TO DETOUR
- angle away
- angle off
- angled
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- bowed
- buckled
- cambered
- careened
- circled
- contorted
- crimped
- crinkled
- crooked
- crouched
- curled
- deflected
- deformed
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- doubled
- drooped
- flexed
- genuflected
- hooked
- inclined
- incurvated
- leaned
- looped
- perverted
- rounded
- spiraled
- stooped
- swerved
- tilted
- turned
- twisted
- veered
- verged
- warped
- wavered
- wilted
- wound
- yawed
- zigzagged
- about-face
- aim
- alter
- alternate
- backslide
- call off
- capsize
- change
- change position
- convert
- curve
- depart
- detour
- detract
- deviate
- digress
- direct
- diverge
- double back
- face about
- go back
- incline
- inverse
- invert
- loop
- move
- pivot
- rechannel
- recoil
- redirect
- regress
- relapse
- retrace
- return
- revert
- sheer
- shift
- shunt
- shy away
- sidetrack
- subvert
- sway
- swerve
- swing
- swirl
- switch
- tack
- transform
- twist
- upset
- vary
- veer
- volte-face
- wheel
- whip around
- whirl
- zigzag
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