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deflect

[dih-flekt] / dɪˈflɛkt /


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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

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

Andreeva, 19, has consistently attempted to deflect any discussion about the war and did the same again before playing Kostyuk.

From BBC Jun. 4, 2026

So now she composed her mind and brought all her concentration to bear on the matter of altering the way she held herself so as to deflect attention completely.

From "The Subtle Knife" by Philip Pullman

The pastor instead deflects responsibility by playing the victim card.

From Salon Apr. 10, 2026

At best, blaming technology that helps property managers deflects from the real issue.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 26, 2026

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

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

The difference in tangential velocities deflects or distorts it.

From "The London Eye Mystery" by Siobhan Dowd

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

One angled drive saved, another acrobatic effort deflected wide.

From BBC Aug. 22, 2026

The Galaxy goalkeeper reacted in time and deflected the shot with his right leg.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 20, 2026

Battlehawk aimed a kick at him, but Windplume deflected it.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques

The sequence started with Bosnian defender Stjepan Radeljic sliding in front of a Tillman pass, deflecting it forward toward Muharemovic.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 2, 2026

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

From Salon Jun. 12, 2026

Tuchel has spent recent months deflecting debate about whether Real Madrid's Jude Bellingham or Morgan Rogers of Aston Villa should take England's number 10 role when the stakes are at their highest.

From BBC Jun. 11, 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

The turtle’s filmy inner eyelids blinked with uncanny precision, deflecting each shot.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan




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