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be waylaid
verb
Past of waylay
Exact(25)
Workers hired motorcycle taxis to take them to work, only to be waylaid again.
You must not let yourself be waylaid and have it taken from you.
Taylor admits that he started work on it 30 years ago, only to be waylaid by "numerous self-interruptions".
In contrast to models where land uses similar to native habitat promote pollinator movement, pollinators may actually be waylaid in resource-rich areas between habitat patches.
If the Mariners are to be waylaid on their way to an unofficial record for number of victories in a year, these are the guys to do it.
The ability to tell a story properly, after all, requires that the teller should not be waylaid by the wanderings of the audience.
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Tova Navarra of Atlantic Highlands, N.J., was waylaid by illness.
The Duke of Orleans was waylaid and murdered by the Duke of Burgundy.
After years of booming growth, Nascar was waylaid by the recession.
It was his wife and relatives who were waylaid en route to Shariff Aguak.
She'd been waylaid by fog on her flight from Los Angeles the night before.
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