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	English	German
	to divert/distract/deflect (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.