diverge
Example Sentences
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The scene, like much of the film, diverges from her novel.
From Salon
While consumption saw a boost in recent weeks from the holiday shopping season, spending patterns continued to diverge among income groups, the Fed added in its "beige book" survey of economic conditions.
From Barron's
He says the Total War games will always diverge from the "real" path of history, because the games allow players to make decisions that alter the course of events.
From BBC
"It's especially exciting to have described an early diverging caenophidian snake, as there's not that much evidence about how they emerged. Paradoxophidion brings us closer to understanding how this happened."
From Science Daily
Chinese vessels operating north of Russia could complicate matters for Moscow, especially if the national interests of the two countries diverge and the current “no-limits partnership” breaks down.
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