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deflect

[dih-flekt] / dɪˈflɛkt /


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She added that both had "sought to blame Noah" to deflect from their own failings and that inquest had exposed "a culture of institutional defensiveness" at the heart of those public bodies.

From BBC Sep. 15, 2026

Great entrepreneurs get an inbound flow of information every minute of the day and deflect the noise.

From MarketWatch Aug. 7, 2026

Of course, so much of what’s otherwise known points a finger directly back at Taylor Farms, false-positive atom splitting notwithstanding, and there’s only so much the company can do to deflect.

From Slate Jul. 22, 2026

Many Mexican players were shorter than their English counterparts and England was content to let Mexico keep sending crosses into the box England could easily deflect during the final 30 minutes of play.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 6, 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

India's Jasprit Bumrah takes the wicket of Ben Duckett after an inside edge deflects onto his middle stump to leave England on 126-2 in the first Test at Headingley.

From BBC Jun. 21, 2025

In the event that he does have a partner, and that partner raises problems with the way he lives, Wallen’s narrator deflects blame.

From Salon May 16, 2025

Michaels deflects the question, shifting the spotlight from him to the show: “I’m going to do it as long as I feel I can do it,” he said.

From New York Times Jun. 15, 2024

Scientists can infer the value of the QGP's electrical conductivity from how much the electromagnetic field deflects charged particles such as electrons, quarks, and protons.

From Science Daily May 17, 2024

The difference in tangential velocities deflects or distorts it.

From "The London Eye Mystery" by Siobhan Dowd

Bruno Fernandes: Volleyed against the bar from a Mbuemo nod back, had another first-half effort deflected over and another blocked.

From BBC Sep. 6, 2026

"Large objects such as stars curve spacetime strongly -- for example, we can observe this when light rays are deflected by massive stars. But smaller masses also produce spacetime curvature, just to a lesser extent."

From Science Daily Aug. 30, 2026

She deflected when asked Friday about her responsibility for citywide homelessness, as chair of the city’s housing and homelessness committee.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 25, 2026

But Ruiz pounced on the rebound and deflected a shot past defender Timothy Castagne and into the back of the net.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 10, 2026

“Oh, for God sake,” I muttered and then, out the window, “Please?” and then, whinily, “Come on, buddy, please?” but he had set a course and was not to be deflected.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson

I had only one sartorial concern at the time: deflecting male attention whenever possible.

From Salon Jun. 12, 2026

His press conferences are almost theatrically placid, Brunson often slouched in a hat and/or hooded sweatshirt and deflecting any effort to valorize his success.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 8, 2026

Berenger won’t be able to get out of this jam, though deflecting the unwanted is one of his specialties.

From Los Angeles Times May 13, 2026

Throughout it all, Arbeloa has consistently taken responsibility, deflecting the blame away from his players.

From BBC Apr. 15, 2026

Boris, according to Blake, was the "feather in his cap," earning him accolades inside the British spy agency and deflecting any remote suspicion that Blake might be working for the enemy.

From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau




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