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Recent Examples of sidetrack
Some proposals and promises made during the presidential campaign will likely be sidetracked, but others will get consideration, including the provisions set to expire under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.
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Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
Only an especially long and cold winter could sidetrack the $44 million project, officials said, because laying asphalt is more difficult in the cold.
—John Tuohy, The Indianapolis Star, 30 Dec. 2024
The investments and projects envisioned for 2025-2029 sidetracked by Stewart-Cousins and Heastie total $68.4 billion.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 26 Dec. 2024
There will be times when you will get sidetracked, and other work obligations may feel more pressing—but don’t lose sight of the mission and passion to start this new ERG.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
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Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
Only an especially long and cold winter could sidetrack the $44 million project, officials said, because laying asphalt is more difficult in the cold.
—John Tuohy, The Indianapolis Star, 30 Dec. 2024
The investments and projects envisioned for 2025-2029 sidetracked by Stewart-Cousins and Heastie total $68.4 billion.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 26 Dec. 2024
There will be times when you will get sidetracked, and other work obligations may feel more pressing—but don’t lose sight of the mission and passion to start this new ERG.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sidetrack
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By clearly codifying into law the objectives and authorities of our international assistance programs in a bipartisan fashion, Congress would ensure that foreign assistance will not deviate from its core purpose nor fail to deliver value for Americans.—
Ted Yoho,
TIME,
13 Feb. 2025
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This prisoner exchange appears to deviate from the typical scenario, whereby Russian and American hostages would be released simultaneously and identified shortly before or immediately after the swap.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
12 Feb. 2025
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Companies also ordered more inventory to get ahead of potential crippling US port strikes, which ultimately were averted earlier this year.—
Nathaniel Meyersohn,
CNN,
7 Feb. 2025
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The possibility of strike by Teamsters Local #320, representing the staff in the Shakopee Public Works Department, has been averted as a tentative agreement was reached during the mediation period.—
Julia Fomby,
Twin Cities,
7 Feb. 2025
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The plane was diverted to St. John's, Newfoundland, at about 2:30 a.m. on Friday, according to Flightradar24, so paramedics could assist the ill passenger.—
Kris Van Cleave,
CBS News,
16 Feb. 2025
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In yet another signature White Lotus twist, the show may divert from its original trajectory of going to a new continent each season by revisiting an old one, literally the old continent.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
12 Feb. 2025
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Stones did his usual long barrier, and Odegaard’s shot deflected off his thigh and into the net.—
Michael Cox,
The Athletic,
18 Feb. 2025
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Eventually Mark Stone deflected home Shea Theodore’s shot at 15:09 to make it 2-1.—
Steve Conroy,
Boston Herald,
8 Feb. 2025
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As previously reported by Newsweek, Musk aims to reduce inefficiencies and redirect the funds from both areas back to the federal government for different uses.—
Yaakov Katz,
Newsweek,
7 Feb. 2025
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Trocheck — no longer on PP1 — redirected it past Korpisalo.—
Peter Baugh,
The Athletic,
6 Feb. 2025
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Will the computer ever understand emotion on its own, what’s moving and what’s funny?—
Elizabeth Stanton,
Fox News,
14 Feb. 2025
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Washington Wizards Washington moved multiple players and brought in both Khris Middleton and Marcus Smart.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
14 Feb. 2025
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Gelo will be swerving and bending that corner to the Bay, as he’s set to make his live television performance debut on All-Star Saturday Night (Feb. 15) ahead of the 2025 STARRY 3-Point Contest.—
Michael Saponara,
Billboard,
11 Feb. 2025
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Today, Craig is swerving off the traditional path again: U Beauty is launching a fragrance.—
Margaux Anbouba,
Vogue,
4 Feb. 2025
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At the event's red carpet, Moore told PEOPLE that her relationship with the topic of aging has shifted throughout her life, especially as she's gotten older.—
Charna Flam,
People.com,
8 Feb. 2025
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Since the launch of the ID product family in 2019, VW has shifted more than 1.35 million ID EVs worldwide, many with the woeful haptic buttons customers have loathed, but which mercifully have now been binned.—
Julian Chokkattu,
WIRED,
8 Feb. 2025
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