Example Sentences

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Bus routes including Sound Transit Route 545 will detour using Interstate 90.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 1, 2023

Because of the road closures, the Mount Vernon Square Metro station will be closed and buses will detour around the affected areas.

From Washington Post • Dec. 9, 2022

“Those people take up precious time conducting business other than city business, and you never know when they will detour from the agenda with their personal issues,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 28, 2019

It is not clear yet whether Mr. Gingrich will detour south, but he has always called South Carolina his firewall, and he organized there earlier and more effectively than he did anywhere else.

From New York Times • Jan. 4, 2012

Some of them will detour around it and continue on their way.

From Time Magazine Archive