divert
verb (used with object)
to turn aside or from a path or course; deflect.
had diverted
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past perfectof divert.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Recently, the company said it had diverted a quarter of its engineers to shoring up security.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
Investigators said in the 495-page report that they still did not know why the plane vanished and refused to rule out that someone other than the pilots had diverted the jet.
From Barron's ● Dec. 3, 2025
Newsom also complained that the deployment had diverted the California National Guard from critical duties such as combating wildfires and interrupting the drug trade at the U.S.-Mexico border and across California.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2025
Several of them asked whether the agency had diverted resources away from the project in its pursuit of canceling student debt.
From New York Times ● Apr. 10, 2024
By the time Vincent's name was entered into the ledger in the town hall, his existence recorded and announced, a railroad had diverted some of the traffic away from Zundert.
From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman
