divert
verb (used with object)
to turn aside or from a path or course; deflect.
were diverting
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past progressiveof divert.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Speaking from the WFP's Rome headquarters, he said shipping lines were diverting services and adding surcharges, leading to congestion "in places that are very far from Hormuz".
From Barron's ● Mar. 10, 2026
Dai’Marr Keys, who suggested community groups were diverting help from Haitians, wrote in an email that he did not stay in Springfield to confirm details because he received threats.
From Salon ● Feb. 14, 2026
Their destination - Heathrow Airport - was closed, the captain told passengers, saying that they were diverting to France.
From BBC ● Mar. 21, 2025
Hoffmann said early data from 2024 show that over 300 container vessels, more than 20% of global container capacity, were diverting or planning alternatives to using the Suez Canal.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 25, 2024
He affected to be continually falling into fits of abstraction, as if his communings with the spirits were diverting his attention from the affairs of earth.
From The International Spy Being the Secret History of the Russo-Japanese War by Allen Upward
