That should distract you from the social collapse that will be going on all around you.
And basically to distract, I think, attention from that and to change the subject.
After his conversation with the Governor, a lot happened to distract Steve from his new cause.
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Second, does the obsessive focus of investors on the Fed distract them from more important issues?
Independent counsels should not often come in and distract the U.S. government from its essential business.
But the coming hullabaloo over Ryan's budget proposals may distract the economically pained from punishing Obama.
The act of smoking, and the smoke auterizing his throat, appeared to distract him.
Here was a meaningful playoff contest to distract from the real pain of a brutal afternoon.
Theme park operator Six Flags, comparatively, uses a more basic and common tactic to distract guests.
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Other SWAT members set off a stun blast to distract Brown and stormed the house.
Other studies suggest that cell phones can distract our attention from the present moment.
Only once did a loud gust of wind distract his attention from the screen.
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It may sound contrived, but you can distract people with fun much easier than with fear.
Unless he stops this very strange almost obsession, teams will learn how to distract him.
America, said senior officials and the state-controlled press, was just trying to distract attention.
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Iran may hope a new diplomatic initiative will distract attention from a shady past.
Some delegates may have co-operated with the loya jirga onlyto distract attention from their drug-producing enterprises.
Griffiths says he is disappointed that these issues are continuing to distract Welsh rugby.
The trick, the researchers found, was that the good delayers were able to distract themselves.
But it proved impossible to distract the jury from what was said in those calls.
Unfortunately, Republicans continue to push their tired, false claims to distort and distract the American people.
The film "praises Muslims" and "I don't want these scenes to distract from its purpose", he added.
We don't want to create unnecessary noise or panic, or distract from the messages that really matter.
He doesn't want to distract the 340, 000 employees from the unfinished business of turning the company around.
Many people regard Jefri's Islamist conspiracy theory as a ploy to distract attention from his financial difficulties.
Short-term price movements, its oil minister insists, should not distract from the world's enduring thirst for oil.
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The widgets work because they are unobtrusive and do not distract other viewers from watching their programmes.
When Ms. Brickman tried to distract him with questions and a gentle touch, his anxiety turned to self-loathing.
The simple designs don't distract from the luxurious vegetable-tanned leathers, which took a year of tannery-investigating to find.
The president is like a magician using misdirection to distract his audience from his real actions and intentions.
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