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Example sentences for: deflected

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But even with that bias, a better case could be made for Ron Carey, who has probably deflected membership dissent and has become emboldened to immediately set his sights on unionizing Federal Express.
Cornell's boxes are like reliquaries infused with deflected eroticism and the magic of hopeless wishes.
Lanny Davis, the closest thing to an official source who is talking, deflected the idea of an apology when quizzed about it.
A small skin incision was made in the knee and the patella deflected.
"As the process enters a crucial phase, the Government believes that President Clinton will keep Mrs. Kennedy Smith on as Ambassador and will not be deflected by the attacks."