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digressed

verb

past tense of digress

as in wandered

to speak or write about something that is different from the main subject being discussed He digressed so often that it was hard to follow what he was saying. If I can digress for a moment, I'd like to briefly mention her earlier films.

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Recent Examples of digressed At an April news briefing on the Iran war, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth digressed from taking a dig at Iranian leadership to take a dig at American news media. — Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 6 May 2026

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In both cases, a child that Tyler Boebert was watching wandered away from Congresswoman Boebert’s home, according to 9News.

— Seth Klamann, Denver Post, 10 Aug. 2026
The Hunters and Firebells, who would play the following day, wandered the grounds in full uniform.

— Jaclyn Licht, NPR, 8 Aug. 2026

Definition of wandered

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The Costa Concordia allegedly deviated from its planned route around the Mediterranean Sea to do this.

— Katie Mather, PEOPLE, 13 July 2026
And yet at the start of the Mass, a priest read aloud a statement justifying the consecrations as a necessary defense of the faith and criticizing how the Catholic Church today had deviated from tradition.

— ABC News, ABC News, 1 July 2026

Definition of deviated

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The ongoing war in Ukraine, following the full-scale Russian invasion in 2022, has led to multiple incidents in which drones either accidentally or intentionally strayed across the borders of European countries such as Romania.

— Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 11 Aug. 2026
Ultimately, the group strayed too close to the slopes of Perry’s Peak and was caught after a large avalanche released nearly 400 feet above them.

— Andrew Graham, Sacbee.com, 10 Aug. 2026

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