deflect

“Lineage’s statement is riddled with misinformation in a blatant attempt to deflect blame for their role in this matter,” a company representative said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 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

It had kept Cari busy, and Naomi had managed to deflect her increasingly insistent questions about their mother.

From "Out of Darkness" by Ashley Hope Pérez

The pastor instead deflects responsibility by playing the victim card.

From Salon ● Apr. 10, 2026

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

Earth’s electromagnetic field deflects the majority of these particles, save for those interactions in the polar areas that produce the northern lights.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 10, 2024

The orange vendor deflects this nonsense with a yawn.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver

Seahawks cornerback Nehemiah Pritchett claimed his first career interception at the start of the fourth quarter, after a Drake Maye pass was deflected by rookie Rodney Thomas.

From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026

Harry Maguire's goal against Ipswich last weekend was allowed despite a handball because his shot was going wide before it was deflected, meaning it was an own goal.

From BBC ● Sep. 5, 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

The Galaxy goalkeeper reacted in time and deflected the shot with his right leg.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026

When she wasn’t disintegrating, she lashed out with shrapnel blasts of stone and soil that Jason barely deflected.

From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan

The sequence started with Bosnian defender Stjepan Radeljic sliding in front of a Tillman pass, deflecting it forward toward Muharemovic.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 2, 2026

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

From Salon ● Jun. 12, 2026

Tuchel has spent recent months deflecting debate about whether Real Madrid's Jude Bellingham or Morgan Rogers of Aston Villa should take England's number 10 role when the stakes are at their highest.

From BBC ● Jun. 11, 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

He said it firmly, deflecting the same way I put him off when he made such a query.

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman