deflect

Los Palos Street Operating LLC, a subsidiary of Altus Power, said Lineage was attempting to deflect responsibility.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 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

This wartime amulet is apotropaic art, attempting to deflect the gamble with death.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026

He found an oar lying along the bottom of the boat and used it to deflect the canoe off the rocks.

From "Gregor the Overlander" by Suzanne Collins

The pastor instead deflects responsibility by playing the victim card.

From Salon ● Apr. 10, 2026

At best, blaming technology that helps property managers deflects from the real issue.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 26, 2026

The planet’s rotation gives rise to the Coriolis effect, which deflects air flow and determines the direction of its swirling cyclones and bands.

From New York Times ● May 21, 2024

The magnetosphere is the shield that some planets have that deflects much of the solar wind.

From Science Daily ● May 6, 2024

The difference in tangential velocities deflects or distorts it.

From "The London Eye Mystery" by Siobhan Dowd

Jeffrey Maier, a 12-year-old Yankees fan, lunged over the fence and deflected the ball into the seats.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

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

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

Fenech denied the accusations, and during the trial he deflected blame towards his one-time close friend Keith Schembri, former chief of staff of then-prime minister Joseph Muscat and a target of Caruana Galizia's stories.

From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026

Jason deflected it over Percy’s head and into the lake.

From "The Mark of Athena" 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

When they arrive, the planet's magnetic field acts as a shield, deflecting most of the charged particles.

From Barron's ● May 19, 2026

She imagined it as a force field, deflecting all Rosa’s stupid comments.

From "Shadowshaper" by Daniel José Older