Word: distraction
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...runners neared the end of the race, the large numbers of Harvard fans, including a tailgate around Cleveland Circle, helped distract the athletes from their pain...
...party system such as ours, third parties and independent candidates can play an important role by keeping the two main parties honest. Big party machines can distract representatives from practical concerns toward hot political issues, like gun control and abortion. When this happens, the bite, or at least the bark, of these little renegades brings the Washington big-wigs back to the mundane, but vital, fiscal reality...
Letalien said others dissuaded him from airing his displeasure in a letter to The Crimson before the impeachment trial because they feared it might distract people from the issue at hand. But now that the council has ruled on Burton's impeachment, he said he thinks it is best to resolve the dispute with Driskell as soon as possible--preferably by Driskell saying that she is sorry...
Ralph S. Boyd, Averell's attorney, said that the decision to dismiss the case was jointly reached by Delta, the Suffolk County Distract Attorney's office and the Averell family...
...series of questions that grow more difficult the more they win. After $4,000, contestants return each week to face a question that will double their money if they get it right. At $8,000, they are put in an isolation booth so that studio audiences won't distract or coach them...