deflect
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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
Andreeva, 19, has consistently attempted to deflect any discussion about the war and did the same again before playing Kostyuk.
From BBC ● Jun. 4, 2026
He then made her dive to deflect one away for a corner kick.
From "Tangerine" by Edward Bloor
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But the next time one of these entertainers deflects criticism from behind a free speech shield, we should remember what Dillon said about why he and the others accepted this tainted offer.
From Salon ● Oct. 5, 2025
The Met’s focusing of the blame on what happened in 1993 and 1994, deflects from a critical examination of the various later investigations.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2024
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
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
It deflects any attempts you make to lie to yourself.
From "The Sun Is Also a Star" by Nicola Yoon
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"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
It was McGregor who opened the scoring on the night, a deflected shot and a 4-0 lead on aggregate.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
These can easily be deflected as hazards of the job.
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026
Charged particles of solar wind constantly catapult toward Earth, but most get deflected by the magnetosphere, which acts like a real-life Star Trek shield.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
A bolt of dark energy shot toward me, but I deflected it off my blade and slammed into him.
From "The Last Olympian" by Rick Riordan
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I had only one sartorial concern at the time: deflecting male attention whenever possible.
From Salon ● Jun. 12, 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
Throughout it all, Arbeloa has consistently taken responsibility, deflecting the blame away from his players.
From BBC ● Apr. 15, 2026
“It buys into the false narrative that the secondary market is to blame for all problems in ticketing, deflecting attention from the Live Nation-Ticketmaster monopoly,” said Moss in a statement to The Times.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 6, 2026
We now know that the volume of atmospheric carbon-14 varies depending on how well or not Earth’s magnetism is deflecting cosmic rays, and that that can vary significantly over time.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
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