1. By way of
   "diversion thru the sideroad"
   - via

Sounds like: threw, through

• hot-water bag
• hot-water bottle
• hot-water heater
• hot-water tank
• hot-wire
• hot-work
• hot-work steel
• hotbed
• hotbox
• hotcake
• hotchpotch
• hotdesk
• hotdesking
• hotdog
• sharp-tongued
• sharp-toothed
• sharp-witted
• sharp-worded
• sharpen
• sharpened
• sharpener
• sharper
• sharpie
• sharpish
• sharply