Example Sentences

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“I will deflect that for every single question from here on out. It is nine guys in this lineup. We did a good job today.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 29, 2024

The plan to curb future spikes in energy bills will deflect much of the additional looming pressure on households and businesses - and prevent inflation accelerating much further.

From BBC • Sep. 19, 2022

Instead, you will deflect and refer people to him, no gymnastics required.

From Washington Post • Feb. 25, 2022

That way he will deflect the awkwardness and express his own comfort with his choices. 

From Slate • Oct. 27, 2014

We must use words though; and somehow—as even do the best rifled cannon—words will deflect the shot.

From The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning by Berdoe, Edward