distract
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"The whole song was free-styled, I didn't write one word for it," he told Distract TV, adding that he'd had reservations about releasing such a personal song.
From BBC • Mar. 9, 2026
But what happens is when the energy starts to rise through us quite literally, not metaphorically, rising into consciousness, we say "No, shut it down. Avoid it. Pretend. Distract."
From Salon • Sep. 25, 2023
Distract yourself from August’s heat by visiting some of these real-time plant events in Southern California in the garden calendar for August 2021.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 27, 2021
“Quarantined with my longtime girlfriend, but who knows how much longer we can last? Distract me please,” says the profile of a man on Tinder.
From The Guardian • Apr. 24, 2020
“I gotta go do something. Distract my mama, just for a minute, okay?” she begged.
From "Stella by Starlight" by Sharon M. Draper
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