waylay

Most projects take years to complete, hindered by the pendulum swings of available money, so Brewster tempers her frustration at having to waylay them mid-planning until she can find enough cash.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 17, 2025

Barkin said that the Fed will need to "walk a fine line" as it navigates between doing too much and doing too little, and that regardless any external shock has the potential to waylay policy.

From Reuters ● Nov. 9, 2023

Those carriers argue that additional long-distance flights at Reagan National would cause passenger delays and might even waylay the F.A.A.’s reauthorization.

From New York Times ● Jul. 4, 2023

Secretary of Defense Mark Esper is worried that the COVID-19 crisis might waylay his plans to increase the military budget.

From Slate ● May 5, 2020

For me, there was no real element of surprise in this ruthless truth, and so it didn’t waylay me.

From "Nine Stories" by J. D. Salinger

But unlike in the past, Byrne’s new movie never waylays you with a surprise narrative wrinkle or unexpected thematic depth.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 6, 2025

He follows aging pesh merga on their former patrols and waylays Christian and Yazidi pilgrims.

From New York Times ● Apr. 20, 2022

But if anything waylays Dany, I doubt it will be a pretty boy.

From Slate ● May 20, 2013

Which waylays his own quest for redemption as he's forced to face his victims.

From The Guardian ● Jan. 23, 2011

Josef waylays me outside the museum and announces I have driven him to despair because of the way I’ve treated him, he is leaving Toronto forever.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood

Passengers left stranded by an hours-long air traffic control issue at UK airports have told the BBC of nightmare delays, chaotic scenes and waylaid holiday plans.

From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026

National Aeronautics and Space Administration leaders said the agency disregarded crew safety by pushing ahead with the failed Starliner mission in 2024, which waylaid astronauts for months at the International Space Station.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 19, 2026

And though it’s much easier now to find books and other media taking a range of perspectives on menopause, it’s also easy to be waylaid by influencers, charlatans and factionalism.

From Salon ● Sep. 22, 2025

She’s particularly focused on underfunded schools in the Altadena area where fire damage has waylaid rebuilding efforts.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2025

I wasn’t ashamed exactly: but it was a bit like that earlier time, when we’d all waylaid Madame in the courtyard as she got out of her car.

From "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro

Flu has also forced concert cancellations in recent months, waylaying performances by Christina Aguilera and the rock band KISS.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 6, 2024

Her first project is to get the rights to a fabulous Australian wine by waylaying a female vintner at her winery and B&B.

From New York Times ● May 18, 2022

At a 2006 banquet, Sejnowski publicly pressed Minsky on whether people were right to demonize him for waylaying neural nets.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 14, 2018

After Wallace came Michael Moore, who became expert at waylaying the unexpecting in unexpected places.

From Slate ● May 26, 2010

“I’ve sailed these waters for centuries, waylaying any demigods foolish enough to explore the Mare Nostrum. This is 'my territory now. And all you have is mine.”

From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan