deflect
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“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
Los Palos Street Operating LLC, a subsidiary of Altus Power, responded to the filing on Thursday, saying it’s Lineage’s attempt to deflect responsibility.
From Los Angeles Times ● 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
He was a mini Coriolis force, trying to deflect us.
From "The London Eye Mystery" by Siobhan Dowd
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At best, blaming technology that helps property managers deflects from the real issue.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 26, 2026
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
The magnetosphere is the shield that some planets have that deflects much of the solar wind.
From Science Daily ● May 6, 2024
But of course she deflects the question with, “I had better things to do.”
From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
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After sophomore defensive back Sean Veritch snagged a deflected pass thrown by Bishop Amat quarterback Domenico Doran, the Lions drove to the Lancers’ 16-yard line.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 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
One angled drive saved, another acrobatic effort deflected wide.
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026
My shield deflected the point, but I felt a painful tingling all over my body.
From "The Lightning Thief" by Rick Riordan
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She often does it while deflecting the mocking remarks of rambunctious colleagues Jesse Watters and Greg Gutfeld, who try to throw off her arguments.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 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
She could only bound back, deflecting the blow with the iron tip of the staff.
From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas
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