Diverting

The ASBL suspects the SBA has spent American tax dollars to hire consultants to help them obscure the SBA's role in diverting billions of dollars a month in federal small business contracts to Fortune 500 firms and other large businesses around the world. ❋ Lloyd Chapman (2010)

Why do liberals insist on completely diverting from the issue at hand and being so emotional, angry and bitter? ❋ Unknown (2009)

I thought that as a scary movie it was not as effective as The Blair Witch Project, Paranormal Activity, or even Quarantine (all mockumentaries), because it kept breaking the oppressive tension that horror mockumentaries are famous for by pushing the audience away, diverting from the action to look at news articles or variety shows. ❋ Intertribal (2010)

Cracking a joke at an opponent's expense, for example, can demolish that person's argument if the joke succeeds in diverting attention away from the issue and causing the opponent to appear silly. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Note 12: M. Levine, Tudor Dynastic Problems, 1460 – 1571 [London, 1973], p. 81; Levine assigns to John Dudley, Duke of Northumberland, sole agency in diverting the succession away from Mary to Lady Jane Grey back ❋ Unknown (2008)

From the context of the statement I understand it that Obama was saying McCain is diverting from the sort of civil campaign he [McCain] claims to run when he calls Obama a Hamas supportor ❋ Unknown (2008)

It's unfortunate that the Mccain campaign is diverting from the question by raising issues that may seem to demonize the other candidate. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Conference Committee for 16 years and has succeeded in diverting millions of dollars into his District and Northern Virginia. ❋ Unknown (2007)

But keep diverting from the real issues, afterall you truly have nothing positive to run on. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Then there is Iran, which has been moderately successful in diverting attention away from its nuclear programme but less successful in uniting that famous Arab street behind Hezbollah. ❋ Helen (2006)

No, we're not talking about pedophilia ... they are still active in diverting attention and responsibility on those countless violations of the law and most peoples moral doctrine. ❋ Unknown (2005)

The latest bunk in diverting the truth about Bush†™ s illegal spying on innocent Americans is the Gorelick myth. ❋ Unknown (2005)

[Riley] became a diverter after losing the [argument] with [Tracy]. ❋ BlesserLesser (2020)

Aaron grabbed the [turd diverter] to avoid [ramp] [trout]. ❋ LavatorySpecialist (2016)

We are 2 [single ladies] & we were out with our gay male friends and all the [single guys] assumed they were our boyfriends & didnt come over to us! So we said they were cock-blocking us female style and then after a few drinks made up the phrase [blurt divert]! ❋ Miss BT7 (2014)

Alicia was an expert at flirt and divert. She'd approach a guy at the bar, flirt with him all night so long as he paid for the drinks, and then left towards the end of the night when he went to the bathroom. "I'm going to give her a ride home but she wants to stop at the gas station first." "Dude, it's just flirt and divert, she's done it at every party I've seen her at. She's going to ask you for some smokes and then will [run up] a huge tab. The second you pull up she'll [jump out] and run up to her apartment [without so much as a] thank you." ❋ Brett Burkhardt (2008)

- I think she doesn’t [love me] anymore - Divert to your balls bro, there are lots of [hot girls] out there that want to be with [a guy like you] ❋ Guybrush299 (2018)

My brother [pulled out all the stops] when he did his usual [dirt divert] [move on] Mom ❋ It's Barnett Again (2019)

Behind my [wheels] there is a rock [diverter] to prevent [stones] being cast upon anothers vehicle. ❋ Jimi Smitts (2018)