sidetracked

verb

past tense of sidetrack
as in deviated

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sidetracked
  1. deviated
  2. averted
  3. diverted
  4. shifted
  5. deflected
  6. moved
  7. redirected
  8. swerved
Verb
  • And yet at the start of the Mass, a priest read aloud a statement justifying the consecrations as a necessary defense of the faith and criticizing how the Catholic Church today had deviated from tradition.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 1 July 2026
  • She was also asked to perform the walk-and-turn exercise, and the one-leg stand exercise, and deviated from instruction on both counts.
    — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 30 June 2026
Definition of deviated
Verb
  • Estimates suggest that as a result of the implementation of these mandates, more than 200,000 COVID-19 cases were averted by May 22, 2020.
    — Ian Miller OutKick, FOXNews.com, 1 July 2026
  • But today, overshadowed by conflicts in the Middle East and Ukraine, the world has averted its gaze from Sudan.
    — Janine di Giovanni, Vanity Fair, 25 June 2026
Definition of averted
Verb
  • Now, that excess gets diverted into the Austerlitz basin instead, where it’s held deep underground until the weather clears, then pumped gradually to treatment plants outside the city.
    — Camille Knight, CNN Money, 4 July 2026
  • Hotels are offering 50% discounts, schools, mosques and sports halls have been prepared to house mourners, and bus and rail networks are being diverted to serve the main events.
    — Parisa Hafezi, USA Today, 3 July 2026
Definition of diverted
Verb
  • Rusak had spent months showing Ngo flat, organic-leaning designs before something shifted.
    — Jessica Salter, CNN Money, 7 July 2026
  • State officials updated guidance for traffic stops involving legally armed drivers and Ramsey County law enforcement agencies shifted away from stopping drivers solely for equipment violations, such as broken taillights.
    — Tyler Quattrin, Twin Cities, 7 July 2026
Definition of shifted
Verb
  • On the subsequent rebound, the ball found Kovačić at the top of the box, but his right-footed volley was barely deflected over the net by Diogo Costa.
    — Ashley Mowreader, NBC news, 3 July 2026
  • The 18-year-old Barcelona sensation played his longest stretch of the tournament before coming off in the 85th minute, moments after Austria defender David Alaba deflected Yamal’s hard shot off the goal line.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 2 July 2026
Definition of deflected
Verb
  • Kaskaskia’s dwindling number of citizens moved inland, to the center of the island.
    — Andrew Carter, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2026
  • But when McGinley was a teen-ager, Michael became sick with AIDS and moved home to New Jersey.
    — Chris Wiley, New Yorker, 4 July 2026
Definition of moved
Verb
  • Guests who are, as a result, prevented from booking an entire home, are instead redirected to book private room listings and hotels on the Airbnb platform.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2026
  • The crash caused all lanes of the Long Island Expressway in both directions to be closed into the morning hours of June 30, and traffic headed to the Queens borough was being redirected, city officials said.
    — Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 30 June 2026
Definition of redirected
Verb
  • The video allegedly showed that a driver who was apparently in front of Savino swerved into the middle lane in front of a tractor-trailer to avoid a collision, the warrant affidavit said.
    — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 28 June 2026
  • The new collaboration comes at the same time as Abe swerved convention this season, showing her men’s collection with a stand-alone show and just a few women’s resort looks tossed in the mix.
    — Stephen Garner, Footwear News, 28 June 2026
Definition of swerved
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