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initially ![[listen]](/pics/s1.png "initially"){kind=small} |
anfänglich {adv} | |
| to divert (sb.'s) attention (away) from sb./sth. | (jdn.) von etw. ablenken {vt} | |
| It was another attempt to divert/distract attention from the truth. | Es war ein neuerlicher Versuch, von der Wahrheit abzulenken. | |
| The crackdown was intended to divert attention from the social problems. | Die Aktion scharf sollte von den sozialen Problemen ablenken. | |
| He initially managed to divert suspicion away from himself. | Es gelang ihm zunächst, den Verdacht von sich abzulenken. |