Word: deflect
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...Parker is the first to deflect talk of Harvard's success away from himself and back to the rowers...
...California would fall into the sea. That may be one reason why church officials have been denying that the faithful will be diving for cover anytime soon, insisting that the sudden influx of followers to Montana is merely a response to Prophet's call for a prayer vigil to deflect the danger of a nuclear catastrophe...
...audio studios for the U.S. and the Soviets. Both nations have networks of sonar buoys guyed to sea floors and connected by cable to onshore listening stations. Both meticulously map the crucial topography of the ocean bottom. Both continually analyze the thermoclines, or pockets of differing underwater temperature, that deflect and distort sound waves...
Pipes viewed Gorbachev's proposal as an attempt by the Soviet leader to simultaneously deflect criticism by liberals who have been urging faster reforms and conservatives who fear the erosion of their remaining power...
...ready as petitioner seems to be to assume the worst about those in the academic community. Although it is possible that some evaluators may become less candid as the possibility of disclosure increases, others may simply ground their evaluations in specific examples and illustrations in order to deflect potential claims of bias or unfairness. Not all academics will hesitate to stand up and be counted when they evaluate their peers...