How to Use divert in a Sentence
divert
verb
- The stream was diverted toward the farmland.
- Police diverted traffic to a side street.
- He lied to divert attention from the real situation.
- They're only proposing the law to divert attention from important issues.
- They were charged with illegally diverting public funds for private use.
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The bill would divert those funds to the RDA for 10 years.
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Carrie Napoleon,
chicagotribune.com,
3 Feb. 2022
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The co-pilot was forced to divert and land the plane in Athens, Greece.
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Escher Walcott,
People.com,
10 Feb. 2025
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Some friends had to sit and watch it with me: I would not be diverted.
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Hamish Bowles,
Vogue,
25 Apr. 2024
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The device is then deployed, which acts like a stent to divert blood away from the aneurysm.
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Vanessa Etienne,
Peoplemag,
29 Sep. 2022
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The big picture: The change is part of a wider city effort to divert refuse from landfills.
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Asher Price,
Axios,
31 Oct. 2024
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Partnerships like this help raise awareness about the process and the need to divert waste.
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Danielle Bernabe,
Fortune,
12 Jan. 2022
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Democrats hope the focus on Trump will divert the scrutiny of Biden.
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Andrew C. McCarthy,
National Review,
18 June 2022
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The crew was able to restore the flow of fuel and the flight was diverted to Portland, Oregon.
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Patrick Smith,
NBC News,
3 Nov. 2023
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And once more, people are asking if anything can be done to stop or divert the flow.
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Audrey McAvoy,
Anchorage Daily News,
1 Dec. 2022
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In six of those cases, airplanes had to divert to avoid hitting the drone, Vinograd said.
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Luke Barr,
ABC News,
21 Nov. 2023
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The concept is to divert profit from the scalpers and place it back in the pockets of the artist and Ticketmaster itself.
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Rodney Ho,
ajc,
27 July 2022
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Three planes were diverted away from Kazan while the restrictions were in place, the airport said.
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David Brennan,
ABC News,
20 Jan. 2025
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When the Reds went 99 innings without holding a lead, Bell didn’t divert from his approach with the bullpen.
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Charlie Goldsmith,
The Enquirer,
6 May 2022
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The city could end up diverting up to 8.2 million gallons of lake water per day.
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Todd Richmond,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Sep. 2023
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Civilian airports have been closed in Iran and flights from the Persian Gulf were diverted.
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USA TODAY,
19 Apr. 2024
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Some of the floats, bands and balloons appeared to be diverted to avoid the protesters who had glued themselves to the pavement.
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Timothy Bella,
Washington Post,
24 Nov. 2023
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Humans in the past have tried to divert or even stop lava from advancing.
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Holly Yan,
CNN,
7 Dec. 2022
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But for much of her life, the water has been so heavily diverted that the riverbed in the city has usually sat dry.
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Ian James,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Sep. 2024
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Dozens, maybe 100s, of vehicles were stuck in the backups in swirling snow as highway patrol tried to divert them.
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San Diego Union-Tribune,
18 Jan. 2023
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Sandbags can help divert water if your yard is prone to flooding.
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NBC News,
19 Aug. 2023
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But that screen in your hand isn’t just diverting your attention.
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Markham Heid,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 Jan. 2024
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People have burned pipes that could divert water away to other cities.
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Lauren Tierney,
Washington Post,
9 Aug. 2022
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About 2,000 were diverted, meaning CAM helped the household find a safe place to stay outside of shelters.
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Nushrat Rahman,
Detroit Free Press,
9 June 2023
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How much money can or should be diverted from the research itself to pay for overhead?
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George Calhoun,
Forbes,
26 Feb. 2025
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The money has to come from somewhere — most of the time, it’s diverted from its emerging markets competitor India.
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Seema Mody,
CNBC,
27 Feb. 2025
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