waylaid

[wey-leyd, wey-leyd]

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of waylay.

Example Sentences

Creator Loren Bouchard and actor H. Jon Benjamin — who voices the “Bob” of the title — were unexpectedly waylaid by illness and travel troubles, respectively.

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And though it’s much easier now to find books and other media taking a range of perspectives on menopause, it’s also easy to be waylaid by influencers, charlatans and factionalism.

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She’s particularly focused on underfunded schools in the Altadena area where fire damage has waylaid rebuilding efforts.

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In June 2016, the couple allege in court papers, cops waylaid them on a road, handcuffed them and drove them to see “boss Veytia” at a police headquarters in Tepic.

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In the summer of 2023, Arbit was waylaid by a right-wing campaign that reduced his detailed proposal to “the pronoun bill” by spreading the debunked idea it would criminalize misgendering someone.

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