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- noun Alternative spelling of
distracter .
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Examples
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The conversation is the distractor, not the phone itself.
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Es un elemento distractor, sobre todo, en un país donde si hay algo que no varía es la pésima impresión que tienen los ciudadanos paraguayos del Congreso Nacional.
Global Voices in English » Paraguay: Referendum on Performance of Congress 2009
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Saying that absentee ballots frequently arrive late, while it is in fact true, seems completely irrelevant and is thrown in there as a distractor.
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Hillary is an intelligent woman planning a beautifull exit that will grace every distractor.
Clinton picks up a superdelegate, but still lags behind 2008
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Obama has scaled every single political brick wall put in place by every distractor.
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Putting that distractor topic aside John, I am truly interested in your input on the question I've posed to you.
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It was an opportunity for a politician to grab some cheap brownie points without risk, because it would involve apologising for something he had no responsibility for --- a great distractor.
Making Tea For Alan Turing Jack of Kent 2009
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Why is Zinn voting for a “distractor whose campaigns put the planet at risk of further right wing control”?
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Why is Zinn voting for a “distractor whose campaigns put the planet at risk of further right wing control”?
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Why is Zinn voting for a “distractor whose campaigns put the planet at risk of further right wing control”?
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