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
Lamine Yamal put Barca ahead with a shot that took a big deflection, before Raphinha's 69th-minute penalty and a late free-kick from Marcus Rashford secured the Spanish champions a last-16 berth.
From Barron's • Jan. 28, 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
I thought about distortion, deflection, whirlwinds and weather.
From "The London Eye Mystery" by Siobhan Dowd
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
