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as in turning
to change one's course or direction
sailors forced to deviate from their course in order to avoid the storm
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In November, the Virginia Economic Development Partnership estimated the storm’s direct and indirect economic effects across the southwest Virginia region cost more than $2 billion.—
Mabinty Quarshie,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
27 Jan. 2025 -
The company says the program supports more than 43,000 direct and indirect jobs and $8.9 billion in annual economic impact in Texas.—
Eleanor Dearman,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
23 Jan. 2025
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Warner really was an underdog: he was cut by the Green Bay Packers, and then stocked shelves at a Hy-Vee grocery store, before taking a circuitous route back to the N.F.L. Warner pointed to the distinction between intrinsic and extrinsic motivation.—
Louisa Thomas,
The New Yorker,
26 Jan. 2025
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The Equal Rights Amendment was first proposed more than a century ago and has taken a circuitous route to ratification.—
Peter Baker,
New York Times,
17 Jan. 2025
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Through her posts are where Stevie Wonder and Chris Martin found her, albeit in a roundabout way.—
Lily Moayeri,
SPIN,
21 Jan. 2025
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Republican attorneys general in Kansas and Missouri, who led the legal challenges against SAVE, argued that President Joe Biden was essentially trying to find a roundabout way to forgive student debt after the Supreme Court blocked its sweeping debt cancellation plan in June 2023.—
Annie Nova,
CNBC,
21 Jan. 2025
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“Deviating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deviating. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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