deflect
Example Sentences
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In Babies, Steven often uses humour to deflect from what he is really feeling, a coping mechanism that masks the depth of his grief.
From BBC • Mar. 29, 2026
Mortensen appears to deflect one that flies in the direction of where the child is sitting.
From Salon • Mar. 21, 2026
In December, The Times revealed that the city’s after-action report had been altered to deflect criticism of LAFD’s failure to predeploy engines and crews to the Palisades, among other shortcomings.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 24, 2026
With the puck inches away from sneaking past him, a desperate, flailing Hellebuyck reached back and somehow managed to deflect it away at the last possible moment.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 23, 2026
"In thirty-nine minutes we'd deflect . . . ," Johanssen quickly typed, "seventy-two kilometers!"
From "The Martian" by Andy Weir
Vocabulary lists containing deflect
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