Verb (used without object) : It is sad to see so much talent divert to trivial occupations.    From Dictionary.com. 

Your long post of NON Iraqi related incidents once again diverted from the topic.    From Wordnik.com.  [Think Progress » VIDEO: Schmidt’s Shame] Reference

The word diverted Brother Mark's thoughts very agreeably.    From Wordnik.com.  [St. Peter's Fair]

Some Blue Line trains will be diverted from the disrupted area.    From Wordnik.com.  [Metro's Columbus Day weekend disruption] Reference

Hooters itself called the diverted money a "slush fund," he said.    From Wordnik.com.  [KTVU.com - Local News] Reference

Excess water is diverted from the storage tank back down into the borehole (6).    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2007-05-01] Reference

Money was diverted from the planned completion of the outdoor space to help pay for the alarm system.    From Wordnik.com.  [Smoke Signals: Competition takes a back seat] Reference

Embedded in this story is the creature's Bildungsroman, tragically diverted from the comic female plot.    From Wordnik.com.  [Abstracts] Reference

At no time was my attention diverted from the screen, as it would have if Iron Man became boring or bombastic.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sound Off: Iron Man - What Did You Think? « FirstShowing.net] Reference

Or for mass transit everytime you buy a bus for the system tax dollars are again diverted when you pay sales tax.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sound Politics: The Right and the Left Don't Speak the Same Language] Reference

As attention is diverted from the trouble-free areas to the problem areas, predictably, they too begin to go wrong.    From Wordnik.com.  [Churchill Falls and Beyond] Reference

Thanks to this procedure the juice was diverted from the digestive canal and could be collected in special vessels.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ivan Pavlov - Nobel Lecture] Reference

I challenge any man in this audience now to arise and tell me when any of that money was diverted from the proper channels.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Public and the Politicians] Reference

It's because our attention got diverted from the Afghanistan-based al Qaeda, which had attacked us, to Iraq, which had not.    From Wordnik.com.  [June 2006] Reference

She was very restless, and her thoughts would not be diverted from the train into which the visit to Mr. Rhys had thrown them.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Old Helmet] Reference

Rather than focus on the fact that the public were being asked to insure RBS against losses, the story of Goodwin diverted attention.    From Wordnik.com.  ["Is BBC reporter Robert Peston a government stooge?"] Reference

Having said that it seems too easy to distract the left with these conspiricies and allow energy to be diverted from a progressive agenda.    From Wordnik.com.  [Think Progress » GOP Rep. Jason Chaffetz agrees with concerns of 9/11 truthers: ‘There’s still a lot to learn.’] Reference

Then, with her mind diverted from the senses, she fell to practising meditative exercises, and in no long time acquired the Six Powers of Intuition.    From Wordnik.com.  [Psalms of the Sisters] Reference

Telstra Memo customers can now have their phone calls diverted to an Australian call center where callers can give company employees any messages they want to leave.    From Wordnik.com.  [Latest News - UPI.com] Reference

The consequence of the Iraq war is that we are less safe both domestically and overseas from terrorists because we have been diverted from a good mission in Afghanistan.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Truth Revealed!] Reference

Police 999 calls diverted to forces 100 miles away.    From Wordnik.com.  [Manchester Evening News - RSS Feed] Reference

"Millions were diverted, that is clear," Duval said.    From Wordnik.com.  [Craig Crawford: Haiti Hopes] Reference

The technical failure saw calls diverted to the north of England and Belfast.    From Wordnik.com.  [BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition] Reference

Single threads for all clients, locks are released when calls diverted to other WCF services.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Code Project Latest Articles] Reference

But being "diverted" by sanctions could distort the broader plan, he added.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

Furthermore, cropland is not being "diverted" from food and feed production.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bob Dinneen: Reminding Al Gore: 5 'Encouraging Truths' About Ethanol] Reference

He does not state bluntly how she "diverted" Bismarck, but the inference could hardly be clearer.    From Wordnik.com.  [Watershed] Reference

For instance, in some cases, funds sent home for the purchase of a home have been "diverted" to pay for non-essential consumer items.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lloyd Mexico Economic Report April 2004] Reference

Addicts could be 'diverted' from prison and referred for treatment instead.    From Wordnik.com.  [Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph] Reference

Quietly, she has merely 'diverted' part of her own production into her treasury vaults!.    From Wordnik.com.  [Gold & Precious Metals Sector and Stocks Analysis from Seeking Alpha] Reference

For example, it counts the weight of water that will evaporate from garbage as waste "diverted" from landfills.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chicago Reader] Reference

The act also provides for various ways for a minor accused to be "diverted" out of the criminal justice system.    From Wordnik.com.  [AllAfrica News: Latest] Reference

No funds were given directly to the PA to buy fuel from Dor Alon and therefore these could not be 'diverted' to any other.    From Wordnik.com.  [Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion] Reference

In this connection he was much "diverted" and gratified by the results of the Stamp Act, and especially of the act laying the duty on tea.    From Wordnik.com.  [Benjamin Franklin] Reference