sidetracking
- present participle of sidetrack.
Example Sentences
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Attention then lurched to another hot-button environmental issue — the world’s largest dam removal on the Elwha River — further sidetracking efforts to extend wilderness areas.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 13, 2022
Arano was a standout prospect for the Philadelphia Phillies, thrived in 60 appearances in 2018, then hurt his elbow in April 2019, sidetracking his career.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 26, 2022
A dozen ways of diverting, sidetracking, or derailing the conversation came to mind, yet somehow Nadine heard herself confessing to these people that Mercury’s funds were limited.
From Slate ● Nov. 28, 2020
“People did it for me,” he says before sidetracking into bafflement over what GIF means.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 27, 2020
We called them tenderfeet, that day when Mr. Blake honored our county seat by sidetracking his palatial car.
From Out of the Depths A Romance of Reclamation by Brehm, George
