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Resources were promptly diverted to rescue those under attack, the committee found.

Producing one H-bomb would have diverted enough resources to produce 80 atomic warheads.

When they told flight attendants they had been to West Africa, alarm bells rang and the flight was diverted.

But as the battle raged near the edge of the runway all flights had to be diverted to other cities.

Every piece of garbage that is diverted from a landfill is a penny saved.

It took twenty Eskimos to hold it when allowed full play, and even these it jerked about in a manner that highly diverted them.

But in a moment a subject was started that entirely diverted his mind and upset the lively tenor of the breakfast-table.

Aristide went away chuckling, highly diverted by the success of his first effort.

Eloise was puzzled, but the sight of Mrs. Biggs tugging at her wet satchel to open it diverted her mind.

At last a happy inspiration came to him, and when Howard's attention was diverted another way he bent over her and began.