Detour
Detour verb - To change one's course or direction.
Usage example: we had to detour for a few miles around the section of highway under construction
Sheer
Sheer verb - To change one's course or direction.
Usage example: the cruise ship sheered to the northwest, putting it safely out of the path of the hurricane
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Sheer and Detour. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/detour/sheer
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