detours

Bonnie and Wynn are a delightful pair as he detours from the mission that his dad sent him on.

Nailed-Amie Stuart « The Merry Genre Go Round Reviews 2008

One of the book's more intriguing detours is its passage on nineteenth-century novels: Fielding, Thackeray, Dickens.

The Status-tician 2004

One of the book's more intriguing detours is its passage on nineteenth-century novels: Fielding, Thackeray, Dickens.

The Status-tician 2004

Instead they would send them on "detours" around the venue never letting anyone park causing a lot of people to spend hours sitting in gridlock in their cars going around and around the venue while the show played.

Radiohead: Flooding Forces Fans To Circle Parking Lot For 3 Hours - The Consumerist 2008

I see her 'detours' as you put it as character development.

REVIEW: Queen of Candesce by Karl Schroeder 2007

They're kind of detours on the matrimonial highway that in the end, are probably going to mean nothing.

CNN Transcript May 7, 2005 2005

They are kind of detours on the matrimonial highway that in the end are probably going to mean nothing.

CNN Transcript Dec 21, 2003 2003

Because of the -- because of the kind of detours I took, I don ` t know.

Dark Star Safari: Overland from Cairo to Cape Town 2003

I like the fast food and small business analogies but I think a commonality that could be added to any theme to make it more understandable to the nongeekish would be the idea of detours (road construction) – maybe you could get to your destination (or them to yours for business) but are delayed or maybe you just can’t get there period (e.g., if McDonald’s gets to place the detour signs).

Firedoglake » Net Neutrality: What Works For You? 2006

With a one-hour cure time, 3M SIPP 269 minimizes the traditional side-effects of pipe repairs, such as detours on city streets.

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