deflect

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

Many Mexican players were shorter than their English counterparts and England was content to let Mexico keep sending crosses into the box England could easily deflect during the final 30 minutes of play.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 6, 2026

She walked quickly toward him, but he lowered his hands to deflect her hug, only allowing her to get a side squeeze in.

From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste

The pastor instead deflects responsibility by playing the victim card.

From Salon ● Apr. 10, 2026

The planet’s rotation gives rise to the Coriolis effect, which deflects air flow and determines the direction of its swirling cyclones and bands.

From New York Times ● May 21, 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

The orange vendor deflects this nonsense with a yawn.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver

These can easily be deflected as hazards of the job.

From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026

She deflected when asked Friday about her responsibility for citywide homelessness, as chair of the city’s housing and homelessness committee.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2026

Sir Keir stood by his decisions, saying he would not be "diverted or deflected" from acting in what he says is the "best national interest".

From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026

At his first Fed meeting as chairman, Warsh shortened the Fed’s policy statement, declined to submit an interest rate forecast and deflected some questions on economic and policy matters to newly established task forces.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026

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

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques

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

From Salon ● Jun. 12, 2026

His press conferences are almost theatrically placid, Brunson often slouched in a hat and/or hooded sweatshirt and deflecting any effort to valorize his success.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 8, 2026

When they arrive, the planet's magnetic field acts as a shield, deflecting most of the charged particles.

From Barron's ● May 19, 2026

Throughout it all, Arbeloa has consistently taken responsibility, deflecting the blame away from his players.

From BBC ● Apr. 15, 2026

He said it firmly, deflecting the same way I put him off when he made such a query.

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman