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Recent Examples of shunt
The release date had to be shunted from summer 1995 to a much more competitive slot in December.
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Alex Ritman, Variety, 30 Oct. 2024
Even when the judiciary and Congress exercise their checks-and-balances powers over the executive branch, the American secrecy machine still finds a way to shunt aside substantive discussions about a host of programs and policies.
—Foreign Affairs, 12 Feb. 2014
Beatty and director Alan Pakula triggered a corporate war within Paramount when their 1974 political thriller The Parallax View seemingly was shunted aside by the studio.
—Peter Bart, Deadline, 5 Sep. 2024
New Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer found his big policy speech shunted down the news agenda, because there was only one story in town.
—Mark Sutherland, Variety, 3 Sep. 2024
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Alex Ritman, Variety, 30 Oct. 2024
Even when the judiciary and Congress exercise their checks-and-balances powers over the executive branch, the American secrecy machine still finds a way to shunt aside substantive discussions about a host of programs and policies.
—Foreign Affairs, 12 Feb. 2014
Beatty and director Alan Pakula triggered a corporate war within Paramount when their 1974 political thriller The Parallax View seemingly was shunted aside by the studio.
—Peter Bart, Deadline, 5 Sep. 2024
New Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer found his big policy speech shunted down the news agenda, because there was only one story in town.
—Mark Sutherland, Variety, 3 Sep. 2024
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Before switching allegiance a final time, Zendejas played for first the U.S. and then Mexico at youth level, where paperwork irregularities caused by his failure to file a one-time switch led to the Mexican federation being hit with FIFA fines and forced to forfeit five games.The Athletic, The Athletic, 16 Dec. 2024
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In the Netflix holiday movie, Garner plays a mom who switches bodies with her teenage daughter (Wednesday's Emma Myers), while her husband (Helms) switches with their son (Brady Noon, of Good Boys fame).Escher Walcott, People.com, 16 Dec. 2024
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Transportation officials have been studying road usage fees (pay per mile) and other ideas, but King suggests redirecting a percentage of vehicle sales taxes into the transportation preservation and maintenance account.Carleen Johnson | The Center Square, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 15 Dec. 2024
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The common factor in most attacks is redirecting the target using phishing tactics to land them on a legitimate-looking site where they will be asked to login.Davey Winder, Forbes, 14 Dec. 2024
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Hike down a canyon to get to your room (your luggage is transferred on a pulley system), converse with locals under the stars, dine on traditional dishes, and watch the sunset over the rugged mountains.Mo Noubani, Travel + Leisure, 12 Dec. 2024
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But before investigators arrived, the task force transferred all remaining detainees to an island north of Buenos Aires, destroyed the internal staircase and the elevator, and made other structural alterations.Joshua Hammer, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Dec. 2024
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The landscape has shifted dramatically in recent years.JD Barker, Rolling Stone, 16 Dec. 2024
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Perhaps the company has shifted its mission, adopted new policies, or its leadership style has changed in a way that feels at odds with your own principles.Benjamin Laker, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
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The team’s pattern of drafting college hitters who should move quickly says that that is not their mindset, so go spend some of Arte’s money.Keith Law, The Athletic, 11 Dec. 2024
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His wife Elizabeth, Duchess of York, became Queen in the same sweep, and their daughters, Princess Elizabeth, then 10, and Princess Margaret, then 6, each moved up a spot in the line of succession to the throne, with Princess Elizabeth heir.Janine Henni, People.com, 10 Dec. 2024
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Zoom out: President-elect Donald Trump is expected to deviate from the robust federal support of climate tech seen over the last four years, and the prospect of the Trump administration freezing or closing programs has some investors looking to compensate.Natalie Breymeyer, Axios, 7 Dec. 2024
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Related Stories High import duties and technical regulations that deviate from international standards have impeded further growth.Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 6 Dec. 2024
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Reilly deflected when asked about appearing in the spinoff by USA TODAY in October.Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 13 Dec. 2024
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Pacioretty got his second deflecting Conor Timmins’ point shot bringing his season total to four.Omar White, The Athletic, 13 Dec. 2024
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Some experts suggested that conducting those checks earlier could have helped avert scandals that have engulfed nominees such as Hegseth — and forced his first pick for attorney general, former Rep. Matt Gaetz, (R-Fla.), to withdraw. Also facing a tough lift?Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 4 Dec. 2024
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Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum expressed confidence last week that a tariff war could be averted after a phone call with Trump.Diane Brady, Fortune, 2 Dec. 2024
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“Shunt.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shunt. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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