diversion
Example Sentences
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“With $59 million already committed and major diversion and rehabilitation works underway, we are moving decisively,” Alicia Bárcena, the country’s secretary of environment and natural resources, said in a written statement.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 2026
If you don’t want to paint, watching Ross whisk landscape masterpieces into being within 30 minutes, exercising a sorcerer’s assuredness, is diversion enough.
From Salon • May 2, 2026
When representing those without means, she focused on “mental health diversion and treatment to support rehabilitation in cases where the client was amenable,” she said in an email.
From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026
In 2026, the railway is used by regular passenger services, commuters, steam engines and even mainline trains travelling between London and Glasgow when a diversion is required.
From BBC • May 1, 2026
The logs were ignited at long distance through a trifling diversion of the energy beam that fed the public buildings of the city.
From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov
Vocabulary lists containing diversion
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