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  1. detours

    A detour or (British English: diversion) is a (normally temporary) route taking traffic around an area of prohibited or reduced access, such as a construction site. Standard operating procedure for many roads departments is to route any detour over roads within the same jurisdiction as the road with the obstructed area.On multi-lane highways (e.g., freeways, expressways, city streets, etc.), usually traffic shifts can replace a detour, as detours often congest turn lanes.

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  1. Detours

    Detours is a live album by Canadian progressive rock band Saga. The album was recorded during their European Tour in 1997.

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  1. dourest

  2. rousted

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of detours in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of detours in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of detours in a Sentence

  1. Gavin Newsom:

    Just a foot of water and your car’s floating. Half a foot of water, you’re off your feet. Half foot of water, you’re losing control of your vehicle, we’re seeing people go around these detours because they do n’t see any obstacles – they think everything is fine, and putting their lives at risk or putting first responders lives at risk.

  2. Maria Sharapova:

    Looking back now, I realize that tennis has been my mountain. My path has been filled with valleys and detours, but the views from its peak were incredible, after 28 years and five Grand Slam titles, though, I'm ready to scale another mountain, to compete on a different type of terrain.

  3. Josh King Madrid:

    A frame is a psychological model you build for yourself to organize and carry out a strategy to attain a goal; to move from spot A to spot B while guarding against detours and resistance.”

  4. Aloo Denish Obiero:

    Life's greatest lessons often masquerade as detours on the road to destiny.

  5. American Greetings Card:

    Life is a journey of sweetness and sorrow, of yesterday's memories and hopes for tomorrow, of pathways we choose and detours we face with patience and humour, courage and grace, of joys that we've shared and of people we've met who touched us in ways we will never forget.

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