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She added that both had "sought to blame Noah" to deflect from their own failings and that inquest had exposed "a culture of institutional defensiveness" at the heart of those public bodies.

From BBC ● Sep. 15, 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

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

He picked up a fork and began shoveling scrambled eggs into his mouth, hoping to deflect any invitation to join in this part of the conversation.

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling

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

He deflects the question initially, offering something better.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2025

In the short term, this deflects the pressure from the CNE and also allows Mr Maduro to argue that he has complied with international requests to hand over the tallies.

From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2024

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

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

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman

"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

Unlucky Rashford's cross was deflected as he hit the bar from close range.

From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026

It was McGregor who opened the scoring on the night, a deflected shot and a 4-0 lead on aggregate.

From BBC ● Aug. 26, 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

He flung some at Percy, who instinctively deflected it with his will.

From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan

Arnold started 22 games in 24 appearances for the Lions over the past two seasons, making 91 tackles, deflecting eight passes and making an interception.

From Barron's ● Jun. 29, 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

Powell has defended the Fed’s integrity while deflecting questions about politics.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 12, 2026

Eveillard, balding and with a dirty shirt, had been deflecting the barbs of some of the American-born officers, with limited success.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover