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Divert is hospital speak for "we're full up here" whether they are or not.
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“Divert as much power as we can to shield the nacelles,” she shouted into the general hubbub of the bridge.
Star Trek The Next Generation® David A. McIntee 2011
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Divert attention from liberal failure by bringing up the standard smoke screen.
Justice asks prosecutor to investigate CIA interrogation 2009
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Divert attention away from this loser we have at the helm and his redistribution of wealth in the process.
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This is how our good friends have stayed in power: Divert attention and energy from oppression and misery at home by rousing the masses against the enemy abroad.
The Arab Spring and The Palestine Distraction Josef Joffe 2011
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Divert all development and infrastructure attention to the Ares V program.
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Or will it do what the Obama Web site suggests: Divert money to an Armed Forces version of social spending while trimming combat readiness, thus re-creating the “hollow army” of the pre-Reagan era?
Elections 2006/2008 2009
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“Divert as much power as we can to shield the nacelles,” she shouted into the general hubbub of the bridge.
Star Trek The Next Generation® David A. McIntee 2011
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Divert enough automobile trips and its relives congestion on highways.
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Divert billions of dollars to commodity agribusinesses whether they have actually suffered losses or not, whether they grow crops or not, with few funding caps, and few social or environmental mandates that would provide a public benefit to taxpayers in return;
Dan Imhoff: Republican Senators Take Aim at Small Farmers, Urban Consumers, and Locavores 2010
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