What is "diverts"

Usage examples of "diverts".

Thus while the Trojan and Arcadian horse To Pallantean tow'rs direct their course, In long procession rank'd, the pious chief Stopp'd in the rear, and gave a vent to grief: "The public care," he said, "which war attends, Diverts our present woes, at least suspends.

The left diverts tax dollars toward vivid visions of entitlements dancing in voters' heads.

Not likely unless he diverts federal drug funding into state-coerced rehab programs, and orders the military to police the porous southern border.

He won't have power enough to get back if he diverts it to his shields!