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Discover LudwigThe phrase "are sometimes diverted" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing situations where attention, resources, or efforts are occasionally redirected away from their original focus.
Example: "During the project, our resources are sometimes diverted to address unexpected challenges that arise."
Alternatives: "are occasionally redirected" or "are sometimes shifted".
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The Massachusetts State Lottery Commission had previously said there was no basis for withdrawing the prize, though winnings are sometimes diverted, under court order, to pay for things like past-due taxes and back child support.
The resources that are allocated are sometimes diverted to other uses.
Unfortunately, medicinal products containing ephedrine and pseudoephedrine, used for treating colds, flu symptoms and allergies, are sometimes diverted to synthesise metamphetamines.
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Money earmarked for IT upgrades was sometimes diverted by NHS trusts because "it is very difficult to get individual trusts, even if you provide the money centrally, to actually use that money for this purpose".
She had good reason to be concerned about Reggie, however, who travelled from Romania to Greece on the German Lufthansa airline – Lufthansa planes were sometimes diverted to Axis countries.
The eye is caught and sometimes diverted – with its Slush Puppie palette, Wonder Land is uncommonly pretty – but very little about it sticks.
Their messages are sometimes political, sometimes not, but all were created recently and all serve the purpose of diverting attention from the Syrian protests.
A stoma is sometimes needed to divert the intestinal tract outside the body.
That Ard wears eyeglasses is a distinction that has sometimes diverted attention from his strong leg to his poor eyesight.
However, in communication guidance and training, instrumentality is sometimes regarded as disrupting emotional discussion and diverting the consultation from patients' needs.
Criminals persuade phone providers to divert mobile phone numbers in what is sometimes called "SIM swap fraud".
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