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detour::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | roundabout way |
| Type of | road, route |
Examples of detour
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A detour directs motorists onto Route 9 and Interstate 87 to return to Route 9P.
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The applause started up, and then he decided to detour into another ox-bow lake.
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Isn't this a double whammy, because it will impact the eastbound detour traffic?
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Wouldn't it be nice if you only had to detour around one trouble spot at a time?
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Then there's a detour with an old girlfriend of Elvis's, on the way to Missouri.
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Nearby surface streets in Tacoma were clogged as drivers tried to find a detour.
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Friday morning, after a detour to the edge of despair, those hopes remain alive.
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In the restitution narrative, the person sees the illness as a temporary detour.
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Bad weather forced her plane to detour, and the passengers had to change planes.
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- A roundabout road (especially one that is used temporarily while a main route is blocked)
- Travel via a detour
- A detour or diversion route is a route around a planned area of prohibited or reduced access, such as a construction site.
- Detour (1945) is a film noir cult classic that stars Tom Neal, Ann Savage, Claudia Drake and Edmund MacDonald. The movie was adapted by Martin Goldsmith and Martin Mooney (uncredited) from Goldsmith's novel and was directed by Edgar G. Ulmer. ...
- The 11th season of the American situation comedy television series Frasier originally aired between September 2003 and May 2004, beginning on September 23, 2003.
- Detour is a 1939 novel by Martin M. Goldsmith. The author adapted his novel into the noted film noir cult film of the same name.
- "Detour (There's A Muddy Road Ahead)" is a Western swing ballad written by Paul Westmoreland in 1945.
- Season five of the television show The X-Files ran from 1997-1998. Episodes marked with an asterisk (*) are part of the series' mytharc. Episodes with a double asterisk (**) are part of the series' Alien Mythology.
- Micromasters is a Transformers subline composed of small figures that came packaged in groups and with bases that interacted with the figures. They were sold at the peak of Galoob's Micro Machines craze and were packaged in groups of four just like Micro Machines. ...
