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detour

[dee-toor, dih-toor] / ˈdi tʊər, dɪˈtʊər /


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Race Across the World: The Detour will chart the ups and downs of the series with the help of a different guest each week, including comedians and celebrity fans of the show.

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026

Pennebaker; and a marvelous TV series featuring schoolchildren that Godard made with Anne-Marie Mieville, his longtime partner and collaborator, titled “France Tour Detour Deux Enfants.”

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 15, 2022

Sheridan excels as playing insecure young men — see also "The Mountain," "Detour," and "The Night Clerk" — but he is in danger of getting typecast.

From Salon • Dec. 22, 2021

Nowhere is that more apparent than with Neal, the ostensibly junior partner in Detour.

From The Guardian • Jul. 6, 2020

"Eh ben, he went away with the P�re Detour to the village—madame is asleep."

From A Village of Vagabonds by Smith, F. Berkeley (Frank Berkeley)




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