Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sidetracked
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What’s more, a trove of federal reports obtained by The Times revealed federal contractors repeatedly deviated from their cleanup plans, possibly leaving dozens of properties with toxic ash and debris.—
Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan. 2026
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Travis Scott has deviated very little from drab colors on his Air Jordan 1s.—
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Aisha kept her eyes respectfully averted.—
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But the crisis has been averted — Rebecca explains that Sarah didn't actually set the real Golden Bag on fire.—
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In an earlier social media post, the CHP office said traffic was being diverted to I-15 northbound or the I-15 southbound, and that motorists should plan alternate routes.—
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Chinese tourism to Japan has been diverted to South Korea, with the latter country receiving a boom in visitors from China since November.—
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In an interview with Interesting Engineering at CES, Flywing representative Troye Qu said the company intentionally shifted focus away from cameras as passive recording tools.—
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Good briefly put the vehicle in reverse, then shifted into drive and hit the gas, with the wheels seemingly turned to the right instead of directly ahead toward Ross.—
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In the Hall effect, charge carriers are normally deflected by a magnetic field.—
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Grubauer deflected Zibanejad's initial shot wide and off the end board, and Zibanejad followed it and sent the rebound from behind the goal line back off the goalie and in for his 18th.—
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In an interview with KSL in May 2025, Sha compared learning Braille to learning English when his family moved from Myanmar to the United States.—
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Engineers carried out multiple trajectory adjustments as the spacecraft moved farther from Earth.—
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With Jonathan Aspirot in the box for holding, Chandler Stephenson redirected a Jared McCann shot from the low slot past Swayman and the lead was halved.—
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Attackers are counting on common mistakes, such as clicking the reset button and rushing through the process, reusing a weak password, getting redirected to a fake follow-up page or falling for a second scam email that arrives soon after.—
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After a Tesla in Full Self-Driving mode suddenly swerved off of a busy highway and almost straight into a ditch, the owner of the vehicle praised the driving technology to high heaven for supposedly saving his skin.—
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During the pursuit, the vehicle swerved all across four lanes of travel on North Telegraph Road at speeds ranging from 20 mph to 70 mph, the sheriff's office said.—
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“Sidetracked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sidetracked. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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