shunt
verb (used with object)
to shove or turn (someone or something) aside or out of the way.
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
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Thus the brain, particularly the comparatively new frontal lobe, is shunting energy from other vital parts of the body by draining the powers of the sympathetic system and the adrenals.
From Time Magazine Archive
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