deflect
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When Exxon Mobil counterpunched with its defamation claim, Mr. Bonta’s spokesperson called it “another attempt from Exxon Mobil to deflect attention from its own unlawful deception.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026
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
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
When called to testify before an oversight board, a police official can deflect accusations of targeting specific racial groups or poorer neighborhoods, claiming that they are merely following the objective dictates of a machine.
From Salon • Feb. 8, 2026
He found an oar lying along the bottom of the boat and used it to deflect the canoe off the rocks.
From "Gregor the Overlander" by Suzanne Collins
Vocabulary lists containing deflect
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