detour
Example Sentences
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Knowing this allows me to plan trips that actually make sense: sometimes it’s worth a detour for a specialty ingredient, other times it’s smarter to stick to one store.
From Salon
As CNN reported, “crowds gather — people come out of their houses, dog walkers pause on their routes, cyclists and drivers make detours — to protest what the agents are doing and remove any element of surprise.”
From Salon
He had too many comebacks, collapses and professional detours to count.
Preliminary detour routes for the bridge’s closure would send commuters, tourists and cargo through Harry Bridges Boulevard in Wilmington and on the 110 and 405 freeways.
From Los Angeles Times
Word of her wish gets back to Santa Claus, for on Christmas Eve, when he and his reindeer team have finished delivering toys to the world’s children, he proposes that they make a detour.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
