"divert" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- I'll have to fake a requisition or divert supplies going somewhere else.
- The Manhattan District Attorney's office began an investigation last summer into whether St. Barnabas had diverted medical supplies intended to treat prisoners back to the hospital.
- Refineries in the Gulf Coast are scrambling to meet the Midwest's demand, diverting supplies that would otherwise be shipped to other parts of the country.
- In fact, the war in Iraq has undermined the important work that American forces are doing in Afghanistan by diverting soldiers, supplies and money.
- They tied down significant German forces, diverting much-needed supplies, while trying to support the Soviet military.
- They tied down significant German forces, worth at least several divisions (upper estimates suggest about 930,000 troops), diverting much-needed supplies, while trying to support the Soviet military.
- Could they also be diverting other supplies illegally from local aquifers?
- Failure to supply forward units led to unofficial arrangements, with pressed units "diverting" supplies intended for elsewhere.
- It took a long time to gather, even for me, diverting military supplies.
- Shop owners and customers hoard what they can, and truck drivers divert supplies to a flourishing black market.
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