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

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026

She added that both had "sought to blame Noah" to deflect from their own failings and that inquest had exposed "a culture of institutional defensiveness" at the heart of those public bodies.

From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026

If this fails, Merz could deflect attention by surrendering his party’s chair to a more popular figure.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026

Great entrepreneurs get an inbound flow of information every minute of the day and deflect the noise.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 7, 2026

He picked up a fork and began shoveling scrambled eggs into his mouth, hoping to deflect any invitation to join in this part of the conversation.

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling

The pastor instead deflects responsibility by playing the victim card.

From Salon ● Apr. 10, 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

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

Haymitch takes a swipe with his knife but Peeta deflects it so easily it’s pathetic.

From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins

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

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

"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 thing that had deflected Salim off his course.

From "The London Eye Mystery" by Siobhan Dowd

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

From Salon ● Jun. 12, 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

Berenger won’t be able to get out of this jam, though deflecting the unwanted is one of his specialties.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 13, 2026

Would the ball deflecting off White's shin have caused VAR to stay out of this in the Premier League?

From BBC ● Apr. 29, 2026

He blinks and then looks away before deflecting my question.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse