They look for some way of creating a distraction from these elements.

Not knowing what else to do, he turned on the radio to create a distraction, and it did, for a minute.

But they acknowledged that his presence could create a distraction.

Men assembled, for he would have needed at least a guide and others to create a distraction.

I couldn't see what was happening, but it seemed very deliberate to create a distraction.

That cooled things off, but it also created a new distraction.

Like today's audience, he is more likely to create distractions than complain about them.

He wasn't in a position to create a distraction.

It wouldn't be so difficult to create a distraction.

Was all the speculation about his departure creating a distraction?