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Recent Examples of sidetrack
The investments and projects envisioned for 2025-2029 sidetracked by Stewart-Cousins and Heastie total $68.4 billion.
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New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 26 Dec. 2024
There will be times when you will get sidetracked, and other work obligations may feel more pressing—but don’t lose sight of the mission and passion to start this new ERG.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
But in August 2024, it got sidetracked—A23a became trapped in a spinning ocean vortex near the South Orkney Islands.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Dec. 2024
This is a surefire strategy that keeps you from getting sidetracked.
—Bryan Robinson, Forbes, 19 Oct. 2024
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New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 26 Dec. 2024
There will be times when you will get sidetracked, and other work obligations may feel more pressing—but don’t lose sight of the mission and passion to start this new ERG.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
But in August 2024, it got sidetracked—A23a became trapped in a spinning ocean vortex near the South Orkney Islands.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Dec. 2024
This is a surefire strategy that keeps you from getting sidetracked.
—Bryan Robinson, Forbes, 19 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sidetrack
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The biggest event, the Oscars broadcast itself, has shown no indication of budging from its March 2 air date or deviating from standard operating procedure.—
Chris Lee,
Vulture,
21 Jan. 2025
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By 2019, the fluctuations had deviated so far from the prior model that scientists updated the WMM a year early.—
Mindy Weisberger,
CNN,
21 Jan. 2025
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Had both parties agreed to these terms then, thousands of Gazans might still be alive, and the recent destruction in the northern Gaza Strip could have been averted.—
Gershom Gorenberg,
The Atlantic,
16 Jan. 2025
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The aim is to prevent AI from emitting foul remarks, stop AI from plainly showcasing how to make bombs and other weapons, and even avert the vaunted existential risk that AI might one day opt to enslave or wipe out humankind.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes,
15 Jan. 2025
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Created in the wake of the 9/11 attacks, Prevent tries to intervene in the lives of people suspected of being vulnerable to radicalization, with the hope of diverting them from possible terrorism.—
Megan Specia,
New York Times,
21 Jan. 2025
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Three planes were diverted away from Kazan while the restrictions were in place, the airport said.—
David Brennan,
ABC News,
20 Jan. 2025
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Lettieri deflected in Oesterle’s shot for his second goal in two games.—
Fluto Shinzawa,
The Athletic,
22 Jan. 2025
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Josh Morrissey’s wrister went off the leg of Gabriel Vilardi, who was standing at the front left side of Blackwood, and the puck deflected into the net.—
Kyle Newman,
The Denver Post,
22 Jan. 2025
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Heading cuts are intended to remove the terminal bud at the end of a main stem where most growth takes place and redirect the plant’s energies toward growth on side branches.—
Beth Botts,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Jan. 2025
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With better energy efficiency and fewer hardware demands, industries such as healthcare, automotive manufacturing and renewable energy can reclaim critical resources and redirect them toward innovation.—
Eric Solis,
Forbes,
22 Jan. 2025
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Senate Republicans are moving ahead quickly on Hegseth’s nomination despite an affidavit from his former sister-in-law obtained by Senate Democrats that accuses him of having an alcohol problem and being abusive to his ex-wife Samantha Hegseth.—
Alexander Bolton,
The Hill,
22 Jan. 2025
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The snow is moving east Tuesday, and is affecting coastal areas all the way to the Florida Panhandle and southern Carolinas.—
Andrew Freedman,
Axios,
22 Jan. 2025
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The fellas swerve and bend that corner while discussing LiAngelo Ball’s reported $8 million deal with Def Jam, which is worth up to $13 million, Drake going ahead with his defamation lawsuit against Universal Music Group and more.—
Michael Saponara,
Billboard,
17 Jan. 2025
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She was shot in the neck, lawyer says The driver of the truck swerved into the emergency lane, nearly losing control and hitting a wall.—
Milena Malaver,
Miami Herald,
15 Jan. 2025
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Even though direct tobacco advertising in sports has shifted due to regulations, the involvement of Grizzly Nicotine Pouches signals a resurrection of this legacy in NASCAR, albeit in a modern form.—
Joel Thayer,
Newsweek,
27 Jan. 2025
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The various surfaces, the way light is reflected off each of them, always shifting.—
Karl Ove Knausgaard,
The New Yorker,
27 Jan. 2025
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“Sidetrack.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sidetrack. Accessed 31 Jan. 2025.
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