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detouring





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Detouring from here onto back roads, we rode south to Quartermaster Marina on Vashon’s east shore, our longest downhill descent.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 4, 2023

Detouring from Chicago is this 1971 R&B hit by Little Johnny Taylor, a former spiritual singer turned soul man.

From The Guardian • Oct. 7, 2016

Detouring into a room to the right, you find wall-hung collages of paper and plastic rubbish by the Post-Minimalist Richard Tuttle.

From New York Times • Feb. 20, 2014

Detouring to First Avenue South, it was down to one lane and backed up.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 20, 2010

Detouring around the living room, Penny went to the kitchen to prepare herself a belated breakfast.

From The Wishing Well by Wirt, Mildred A. (Mildred Augustine)




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