be deflected

Example Sentences

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"The team's amazingly precise measurement again validates kinetic impact as a technique for defending Earth against asteroid hazards and shows how a binary asteroid might be deflected by impacting just one member of the pair."

From Barron's • Mar. 6, 2026

To use Brook's words, pressure, even just a little bit, had to be deflected, runs had to be scored and catchers had to be moved.

From BBC • Dec. 20, 2025

Using a novel method, beams of laser light can be deflected using air alone.

From Science Daily • Oct. 3, 2023

Sitting on the end of the bench late in the second period, Campbell was cut when he was hit in the face by a puck that seemed to be deflected by Devils defenseman Dougie Hamilton.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 21, 2022

Ordinarily Mack would have thrown himself headlong into this problem but now he was not to be deflected.

From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck