For younger children, diverting their attention might do the trick.
So far as it operates at all, it operates by diverting trade from the channels in which it would naturally flow into other channels, and this diversion of industry, so far as it goes, must involve loss.
She settled into the seat and relaxed, diverting her attention to Destiny, who didn't appear to notice that something unusual was happening.
Bulletproof Monk does exactly what it says on the tin and promises an hour and a half of mildly diverting entertainment.
The pedestrian route is now to leave or join the canal at Lock 4e, diverting along Manchester Road.
