diverted

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Wilson, a critic and the author of “Literary Seductions: Compulsive Writers and Diverted Readers,” is unusually candid about her own mixed feelings toward Lawrence.

From Washington Post • Sep. 21, 2021

Diverted spending also will affect the Air Force, including $45.1 million for two projects to update 70-year-old munitions storage.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 28, 2019

Diverted to JFK, landed heavy on R/W 4L resulting in smoking, hot brakes causing two tires on each main gear to rupture.

From Fox News • Sep. 25, 2018

He wants to know whether Google has paid the Diverted Profits Tax, which is designed to discourage large companies diverting profits out of the UK to avoid tax, and the basis for the deal.

From BBC • Jan. 31, 2016

Surely some envious Demon's force, Vex'd to behold such beauty here, Impell'd the bullet's viewless course, Diverted from its first career.

From Fugitive Pieces by Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron