sidetracked

verb

past tense of sidetrack
as in deviated

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sidetracked
  1. deviated
  2. averted
  3. diverted
  4. shifted
  5. deflected
  6. moved
  7. redirected
  8. swerved
Verb
  • 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
Verb
  • However, when the camera reached Omri Shiff, a hurdler from Israel, both anchors inexplicably averted their attention to another participant who was apparently taking too long to get set.
    — Austin Perry OutKick, FOXNews.com, 14 Aug. 2026
  • The call that might have averted disaster came into William Mulholland’s office that morning.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of averted
Verb
  • Getting diverted totally into something which is not true, counterproductive for the family.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 16 Aug. 2026
  • Southbound traffic was diverted to I-94 southbound The cause of the crash is under investigation.
    — Elyssa Kaufman, CBS News, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of diverted
Verb
  • Ottawa’s pipeline was highly ranked for years, but as its top young players have aged out of prospect status, the situation has shifted drastically.
    — Corey Pronman, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2026
  • In recent years, the Army shifted more of its recruiting effort into large Democratic-leaning cities after traditional recruiting strongholds in the South, rural America and the suburbs could no longer produce enough qualified volunteers.
    — Steven Beynon, ABC News, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of shifted
Verb
  • Kate Faasse equalized for the Dash in the 42nd minute after Kiki Van Zanten’s shot deflected off North Carolina goalkeeper Kailen Sheridan.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 16 Aug. 2026
  • The veteran delivered for the Sox with a single that deflected off the glove of diving shortstop Kevin McGonigle and trickled into left field.
    — LaMond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of deflected
Verb
  • Nashville then moved two goals clear in the 56th minute when Cristian Espinoza sent a pass across toward the near post and Surridge converted nonchalantly with a beautiful heel flick.
    — Dean Jones, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2026
  • Olivia Colman’s first standout work that moved her from sketch comedy to dramatic feature film was Paddy Considine’s Tyrannosaur.
    — Damon Wise, Deadline, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of moved
Verb
  • Youssef Maziz played a free kick from the right side into the area that was redirected by Ebobisse off the back post and into the net.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026
  • The changes would give political appointees more discretion over which projects receive funding and allow funding to be canceled or redirected as federal priorities change.
    — Naomi Taxay, Sacbee.com, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of redirected
Verb
  • The sedan swerved and prevented the pickup from passing several times, and the vehicles almost collided.
    — Riley Moser, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026
  • The 2008 Accord swerved to the left, then lost control and collided with the other Accord before rolling over, the crash log states.
    — Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of swerved
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