deflection

Example Sentences

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"Joe seems to find a lot of ways, whether it be with these reverse or deflections or playing off the back foot really well against spin, to score pretty quickly."

From BBC

“The scoring runs we had are a result of a season high in deflections,” said coach Cori Close, whose team made 13 three-pointers and had a 32-8 advantage in points off turnovers.

From Los Angeles Times

A poorly cleared corner followed by an unfortunate deflection proved fatal to the hitherto impenetrable Parisian defence.

From Barron's

In this case, however, the deflection appeared without any external magnetic field at all.

From Science Daily

Undav put his side in front 10 minutes before the break, wrong-footing the Frankfurt defence and blasting a low shot which took a thick deflection into the bottom corner.

From Barron's