deflection
Example Sentences
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Not to be outdone, Mayor Brandon Johnson gave a master class in deflection when asked if he would apologize to Gorman’s parents for her death.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026
The 18-year-old midfielder broke in behind the Mallorca defence, showed composure to open up a shooting angle and finished with the aid of a deflection, his first goal for the club.
From Barron's • Feb. 7, 2026
In this case, however, the deflection appeared without any external magnetic field at all.
From Science Daily • Jan. 15, 2026
And after a final that had been tight, decided by a deflection, you could almost imagine Xabi thinking: enough.
From BBC • Jan. 12, 2026
The light deflection has, however, been accurately confirmed by a number of later observations.
From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
