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English word

distract

B2
UK /dɪˈstrækt/US /dɪˈstrækt/
verb

to take somebody’s attention away from what they are trying to do

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Sentence 133 · Pro
2019 Stanford Commencement address by Tim Cook
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Don't get distracted: there are too.

2019 Stanford Commencement address by Tim Cook

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Our company is really hard to distract and really hard to discourage, and no setback that comes our way doesn't look like an opportunity these days.

Jensen Huang's Speech at CaltechSentence 195 · Pro

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