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distract

verb

To divert the attention of.

  • The crowd was distracted by a helicopter hovering over the stadium when the only goal of the game was scored.

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Using the work of French artist Invader – who creates coloured mosaics inspired by the classic Space Invaders game – to distract the kids, this is a fun, family tour that should keep all ages entertained.

The US media has a knee-jerk 'RED CHINA!' reaction to anything involving HK or the PRC, and is intended to distract from the issue of US government misconduct.

Instead of focusing on high standards, the delivery of a broad-based curriculum and proper governance arrangements in schools he has sought to distract attention from this by launching a self-indulgent turf war with Theresa May.

Labor and the Greens said the announcements could not distract from the government's "devastating" cuts to previously budgeted overseas development assistance.

Anwar's conviction could widen those differences and also distract people from the country's religious tensions and economic problems.

Soriot is concerned that Pfizer's proposed takeover – which the US company admitted on Tuesday would result in job cuts and a big reduction in research and development spending – could distract AstraZeneca's scientists as they approach a crucial point in the development of several potentially life-saving drugs.

Spotters on both sides update smugglers on the movements of law enforcement and rafts of families are dispatched to distract the border patrol so drugs can be moved across in unguarded places a little further along the river.

The discipline required to just observe the sensations as they happened, to not distract myself from them, to not run away, was enormous.

"This is a predictable smear that I anticipated before going public, as the US media has a kneejerk 'Red China!' reaction to anything involving Hong Kong or China, and is intended to distract from the issue of US government misconduct.

With no visuals to distract you, every sawing sound and fleshy squelch is magnified, contrasting with the mundane noise of a car passing outside, a reminder of life going on in the streets beyond.

Reduced to a decorative mask, to distract from the great bulk looming behind, the facade is left orphaned, rejected by both building and street as a redundant rind of history.

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