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deflect

[dih-flekt] / dɪˈflɛkt /


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Los Palos Street Operating LLC, a subsidiary of Altus Power, responded to the filing on Thursday, saying it’s Lineage’s attempt to deflect responsibility.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 10, 2026

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

This wartime amulet is apotropaic art, attempting to deflect the gamble with death.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 15, 2026

She’d definitely lost her relaxed-but-in-touch vibe, was now shooting out gamma rays of straight worry, the kind that aren’t easy to deflect.

From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx

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

Michaels deflects the question, shifting the spotlight from him to the show: “I’m going to do it as long as I feel I can do it,” he said.

From New York Times Jun. 15, 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

The magnetosphere is the shield that some planets have that deflects much of the solar wind.

From Science Daily May 6, 2024

But of course she deflects the question with, “I had better things to do.”

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman

Bruno Fernandes: Volleyed against the bar from a Mbuemo nod back, had another first-half effort deflected over and another blocked.

From BBC Sep. 6, 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

One angled drive saved, another acrobatic effort deflected wide.

From BBC Aug. 22, 2026

But Ruiz pounced on the rebound and deflected a shot past defender Timothy Castagne and into the back of the net.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 10, 2026

She told them what had happened on that afternoon, and how Malcolm had spoken to Mrs. Coulter and deflected her questions.

From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman

And, of course, she’s deflecting, too — better to make up drama about others than confront her own.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 14, 2026

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

From Salon Jun. 12, 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

After a long legal saga, TikTok has established a majority American-owned joint venture to operate its US business, deflecting the threat of a ban over its Chinese ownership.

From Barron's Jan. 23, 2026

A miniature hurricane of water and ice vapor churned around him as he waded through the enemy, knocking Roman ghosts away, deflecting arrows and spears.

From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan




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