deflect

Example Sentences

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When called to testify before an oversight board, a police official can deflect accusations of targeting specific racial groups or poorer neighborhoods, claiming that they are merely following the objective dictates of a machine.

From Salon

“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

This high then blocks areas of low pressure and milder, wet weather from pushing across from the Atlantic and the jet stream is deflected further south.

From BBC

“Please, stop,” she said, holding out a hand to deflect my words.

From Literature

"We categorically reject the baseless allegations made by Pakistan, which are nothing but its usual tactics to deflect attention from its own internal failings," said foreign ministry spokesman Randhir Jaiswal on Sunday.

From Barron's