Example Sentences

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One woman, whose open journal makes clear that she is a talented watercolorist, has detoured by camper van into McCarthy during a move out of Alaska.

From New York Times • Sep. 24, 2022

Cruz has detoured from next-to-vote New York to speak to the Republican Jewish Coalition, while Trump and John Kasich declined the group’s invitations.

From Washington Times • Apr. 9, 2016

Our pi-themed movement has detoured through pie-themed activities.

From Slate • Mar. 13, 2015

The high-end market has detoured dramatically from the posh, living-room-on-wheels tradition of Cadillacs and Lincolns that once defined upper-middle-class status.

From Time Magazine Archive