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    diverting


    1. His boot slipped on a patch of mud, diverting his attention as he leapt to keep himself from falling


    2. Diverting the subject, he said, ‘I understand you have gained some useful information from your captive


    3. The Caymans weren’t the most diverting place on the planet


    4. One reassuring thought: as she sat alone in this featureless white room awaiting her fate, the back-up squad should be keeping the Darangi busy, diverting them into the outer reaches of the compound


    5. As it happened, I needn't have worried about diverting Aunt Martha's attention, because the local police did just that for me


    6. You see, just before it crashed a couple of hackers were in the middle of diverting money from the Bank of England to an off-shore account and somehow, BT's system going down plugged them into my PC at the police station


    7. She turned to conversation, diverting her attention as he pressed and probed her abdomen raising nausea and burning pain


    8. Beth battled just to keep her footing, making little headway towards the door, but the luggage bay opened, diverting attention down the side of the bus, allowing the bottleneck to clear


    9. Colling was concerned that the Russian would not be satisfied with their drinking one glass with him, and hit upon the idea of making the man a gift of a bottle of the Countess’ cognac, diverting his attention long enough for them to slip away


    10. I preferred my history unvarnished, but it was rather diverting reading

    11. It is rather interesting work and was diverting while I waited


    12. “Joe, honey, you’re now diverting from the story


    13. figured that I could tough it out by diverting my mind with some


    14. But to bend her over his knee and threaten, to make her squeal a bit—that would have been diverting


    15. board, which means we‘ll have to open the ships labs for use, and start diverting power from the


    16. 2 Peter shuddered at the thought of the Master's dying -- it was too disagreeable an idea to entertain -- and fearing that James or John might ask some question relative to this statement, he thought best to start up a diverting conversation and, not knowing what else to talk about, gave expression to the first thought coming into his mind, which was: "Master, why is it that the scribes say that Elijah must first come before the Messiah shall appear?" And Jesus, knowing that Peter sought to avoid reference to his death and resurrection, answered: "Elijah indeed comes first to prepare the way for the Son of Man, who must suffer many things and finally be rejected


    17. They also conspire to hatch up counter postulates and float conflicting and diverting ideas


    18. Under the impression that this was diverting Harry from more threatening


    19. Greg and Avi ascended the side stairs leading to the stage temporarily diverting the attention to them


    20. Sylvia’s ship appeared in front of Elizabeth out of range of the enemy ships that were still dodging the robot missiles which were diverting to converge on Rebecca’s ship

    21. Göring ordered counter raids on London thus diverting the Luftwaffe from its original purpose; that is the destruction of the RAF


    22. But once parked in the lot, and out of the car, the aroma took on a charmer effect diverting the attention of the sternest of thinkers


    23. Diverting her attention from the slaver’s platform, Nancy telepathically scanned the minds around her


    24. diverting all of its energy to your core


    25. The power elite have seized on the countries invasion fears, as opportunity to reshape the police into a private enforcement tool for their own use, and have been diverting military style weaponry to it


    26. The early evening skies of New York City were filled with police and fire department airships flashing their warning colors to air traffic over the Empire State Building, diverting taxi zeppelins and autogyros wildly away from the aerial blockade


    27. Diverting his eyes from


    28. Diverting his thoughts toward their final destination, I guess I shouldn’t be surprised


    29. “No, ma’am,” he eventually said, slumping his shoulders and diverting his eyes toward the floorboard


    30. Diverting his attention to the bus driver, Paul couldn’t help but notice he was wearing a Pearl Jam T-shirt, off brand blue jeans, and a set of gold-colored earrings in each of his ears

    31. You can imagine how important that will be in diverting attention and countering any allegations that might start flying around about the Government having instituted a ‘shoot to kill’ policy


    32. “What do you think some of the most popular guy costumes will be?” she asked, diverting the subject away from Rave


    33. have been only a boy playing on the seashore, and diverting myself in,


    34. ‘In its section on party funding in Africa the IDEA handbook notes that those sources of funding most incompatible with democracy are kickbacks from recipients of government contracts and other largesse, diverting state resources to the governing party through front organizations, and donations from foreign sources such as business owners, multinationals and governments


    35. When I started to practice meditations, I understood that this dodger visited my thoughts all the time in the moment of relaxation, and especially during concentration on meditation, constantly diverting my attention on outside matters


    36. Narasimha Rao, whom circumstances ascended to the gaddi, believed it was his destiny to be remembered as the ‘father of economic reforms’ in the Indian history, but, as the Sangh Parivar’s, mandir wahi banaayenge’ clamor and the Musalmans’ banaane nahi daenge crusade were diverting the national political focus and the public attention from his ‘reforms agenda’, he might have wished that Allah would somehow shift the dilapidated masjid to Pakistan for renovation


    37. By simply diverting his


    38. NuHope was accidentally making Sharebel's points for him, rather than diverting the conversation elsewhere


    39. “Hu's are info-gluttons for an endless stream of trivial updates to constantly stimulate their virtual attention, scattering their mind across a flood of information diverting them from themselves and each other as they endlessly chase the never-ending scroller


    40. Instead of distracting and diverting their attention elsewhere, she only made the men even more interested in the discussion she and Kathy were having

    41. Thus, they shall suffer regret and remorse, and then their abode will be in hellfire for the purpose of diverting them with their hellish pain


    42. In fact, diseases, poverty, and stress are means for turning the spirit away from this lower life and diverting it from its lusts


    43. So diseases, poverty, distress and misfortune are indeed means for turning the spirit away from this lower life and diverting it from its lusts


    44. It was a way of diverting attention from his face, which had heated up


    45. They try to calm their disturbed mind by diverting the mind elsewhere, by watching television, consuming alcohol, gambling, gossiping, etc


    46. Some of the pirates were now diverting their fire from us to the shuttle


    47. "So you've been doing your homework, haven't you? About your father in law, he probably suspected something, but I succeeded in diverting his suspicions by hinting the possibility of marrying you to his second son


    48. proposals addressed the issue of diverting water to needed areas


    49. They were diverting the sailor's attention so that someone else could do something


    50. What was the signal? Liam had never said! How would she know when to attack? The questions shot through her mind, diverting her fearful worries into a lower priority



































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