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The scattershot nature of “25 | 250: A Celebration of American Art” at Schoelkopf Gallery might have been distracting if so many of the works here weren’t so damn good.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026

If so, what else might it have been distracting me from, all these years?

From Slate • Jan. 1, 2023

Those lines included reminding Des James, Pte James's father, that police had also been hunting Milly Dowler's killer and suggesting he might have been distracting them, she said.

From BBC • Jul. 25, 2019

Orange police have not identified the other woman who may have been distracting the store employee or the person driving the car.

From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2019

I have been distracting my burthened senses over theological works; but my head is in no condition to comprehend them.

From The Wanderer (Volume 5 of 5) or, Female Difficulties by Burney, Fanny