be deflected
Example Sentences
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"The team's amazingly precise measurement again validates kinetic impact as a technique for defending Earth against asteroid hazards and shows how a binary asteroid might be deflected by impacting just one member of the pair."
From Barron's ● Mar. 6, 2026
Using a novel method, beams of laser light can be deflected using air alone.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 3, 2023
Sitting on the end of the bench late in the second period, Campbell was cut when he was hit in the face by a puck that seemed to be deflected by Devils defenseman Dougie Hamilton.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 21, 2022
NASA’s planned collision between an asteroid and a spacecraft last month was more successful than expected, suggesting that future deadly space rocks could also be deflected.
From New York Times ● Oct. 12, 2022
Ordinarily Mack would have thrown himself headlong into this problem but now he was not to be deflected.
From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck
