deflect
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Drs. Makary and Prasad tried to deflect criticism by blaming the rejection on Richard Pazdur, then head of the FDA oncology center.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026
“This is just a fig leaf to deflect from criticism,” Ocasio-Cortez posted on X External link in response to Kalshi’s new measures.
From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026
Mortensen appears to deflect one that flies in the direction of where the child is sitting.
From Salon • Mar. 21, 2026
"I think it's there to deflect outrage," she said of her sport being a mixed event.
From BBC • Mar. 10, 2026
The death scratched his head and held up his hands, but nothing could stop Lyra’s words, nothing could deflect her desire, not even fear: she’d seen worse than death, she claimed, and she had, too.
From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman
Vocabulary lists containing deflect
30 GRE Words Beginning with "D"
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