distract
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To be sure, a lot has been happening that could distract people from their tax returns.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 9, 2026
Even Marcus Smith's personalised boots – featuring Quins' diamonds in the colours of England and the Philippines, Baybayin calligraphy and Jasmine blossom – couldn't distract from his team's troubles.
From BBC • Mar. 23, 2026
Perhaps during his years of exile on St. Helena, the comparison convinced him that he was, like Themistocles—as he asserted in his letter—a “victim of the factions which distract my country.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 8, 2026
Sometimes the blustery weather can distract play, as a takeaway food bag blowing onto the main stadium court during Grigor Dimitrov’s first-round victory against Terence Atmane did on Thursday.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 7, 2026
She and Ivan would distract Ilya so Håkon and Alfhercht could sneak into the cavern.
From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack
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