sidetracked
Example Sentences
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Don’t get sidetracked by products that you don’t fully understand.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026
The two started an exchange about their respective career paths, but Danielle got sidetracked and left Drew hanging.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026
The U.S. economy got sidetracked in February by tariff-related price increases, sluggish sales and the previous month’s Winter Storm Fern, but top executives were also more optimistic that business will improve later in the year.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 20, 2026
Ellis says this narrative plays out in the film - Folarin works so much that he becomes "neglectful and sidetracked".
From BBC ● Feb. 6, 2026
His mind, temporarily sidetracked, oiled itself and ticked and turned and woke up, functioning.
From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara
