detour
Example Sentences
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‘What initially looked like a catastrophic blockade begins to resemble a constrained detour rather than a full seizure of the artery.’
From MarketWatch • Mar. 17, 2026
The career detour surprised fellow bankers, who said they didn’t view him as particularly partisan.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 10, 2026
Even the romantic era of superstars like Shah Rukh Khan offered only a brief detour - one he has since abandoned in favour of action-heavy blockbusters such as Pathaan and Jawan.
From BBC • Jan. 2, 2026
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 • Dec. 28, 2025
We didn’t plan to stop there, but there was a lot of commotion on the lot, so we took a detour to investigate.
From "The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora" by Pablo Cartaya
Vocabulary lists containing detour
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