deflect
Example Sentences
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“This is just a fig leaf to deflect from criticism,” Ocasio-Cortez posted on X External link in response to Kalshi’s new measures.
From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026
"I think it's there to deflect outrage," she said of her sport being a mixed event.
From BBC • Mar. 10, 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
Segregation laws were proposed as part of a deliberate and strategic effort to deflect anger and hostility that had been brewing against the white elite away from them and toward African Americans.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
Vocabulary lists containing deflect
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Unit 1: Telling Details
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