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detour

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


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The most infectious song on the album is Ms Paper, which takes a detour into Bouyon – a Dominican music characterised by high tempos and frantic percussion.

From BBC Aug. 12, 2026

There is a brief detour about frozen salmon.

From Salon Aug. 5, 2026

The researchers describe vertebrate eyes as the product of an unusual evolutionary detour.

From Science Daily Jul. 26, 2026

The detour to Asia can add a delay of some 20-30 days, Bronze said.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 26, 2026

Zeitoun was sure that the pastor and his wife would have been rescued by that point, but just to be certain, he and Nasser made a detour and paddled over to Robert Street.

From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers

The diversions mark the latest redrawing of global oil flows after months of war have forced producers, traders and shipowners to abandon familiar routes for ever costlier detours.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 26, 2026

One of the night’s longest detours centered on Trump’s planned White House ballroom.

From Salon Jul. 25, 2026

“The Odyssey” is a saga with half a dozen detours and one destination, Ithaca, Odysseus’ kingdom.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 15, 2026

Speaking to Beijing News, a resident who lives about 1km away from the factory said villagers now have to take detours after stones were blasted onto the road.

From BBC May 4, 2026

He was apt to cross streams, climb fences, make any number of unexpected detours.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt

He then detoured to law school at Georgetown and briefly became a First Amendment lawyer.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 3, 2026

Several main roads in and around downtown, as well as some bus routes, have been closed or detoured.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 3, 2025

And yet, Smith’s persona remains veiled — sphinx-like — an ethereal presence whose journey to fame was fueled by her questing spirit and later detoured by tragedy.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 31, 2025

When she was about 16, she detoured into what she called her “boy era,” pulling back from rigorous year-round training to date and go to football games like other students.

From New York Times Mar. 31, 2024

Occasionally a car sputtered up the hill from downtown and detoured around the sleeping dogs before parking in front of Peerless Painless Dentist, its driver getting out and walking nervously into the office.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown

She glanced at him once with what looked like a hint of contemptuousness and ended without detouring.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 10, 2026

All eastbound trips near the intersection are detouring as delays are expected.

From Los Angeles Times May 13, 2026

Yet, it’s disappointment that Perkins serves up most frequently in “The Monkey,” detouring from every wide-open chance to showcase depth and humanity in favor of juvenile humor and gross-out splatter gags.

From Salon Feb. 21, 2025

I figured out that they were detouring traffic off exit ramps prior to the bridge on each side.

From New York Times Apr. 1, 2024

The bus stopped in front of a police officer, who was detouring traffic.

From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste




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