Sentence examples for diverted to avoid from inspiring English sources
Twice, the routes of the new subway lines were diverted to avoid plowing through a cemetery and an ancient bath.
Transatlantic connections were also diverted to avoid the cloud, adding hours to flights between Europe and North America, and causing runway congestion as flights missed their landing or takeoff slots.
The pipeline ends in Houston and Port Arthur, Texas, but the XL portion (which has been diverted to avoid most of Nebraska's Sand Hills – a natural landmark and also used for cattle grazing) stretches across America's largest aquifer, the Ogallala.
The route of the 2014 Tour de France has been diverted to avoid a Sheffield hospital, the city council has said.
It is found that simply placing FRP rods around the opening is not fully effective because a diagonal crack can propagate through the beam with the crack path diverted to avoid intersecting with the FRP rod.
In June 2001, for example, Mr. Bengis instructed Hout Bay employees to destroy records that showed the amounts of seafood harvested, the indictment charges, and ordered a shipment of Patagonian toothfish diverted to Singapore and Hong Kong to avoid seizure.
The telecoms watchdog Ofcom envisions that such smart roads connected to a centrally controlled traffic system could automatically impose variable speed limits to smooth the flow of traffic but also direct the cars "along diverted routes to avoid the congestion and even [manage] their speed".
He opened with a story about a captain of an American aircraft carrier who got into a fight with another party over who should divert course to avoid a collision, not realizing the other party was a lighthouse.
Qantas has become the latest airline to say it will divert planes to avoid flying through Iraqi airspace.
The offensive forced Manstein to divert forces to avoid the collapse of the entire front.
For example, smart sensors located throughout a city's water system will detect leaks and automatically divert water to avoid unnecessary waste.
