Word: deflective
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Shields leapt to deflect the shot, but was unable to get her hand...
...even in this, his brightest moment in the spotlight, the tailback was quick to deflect the praise and spread the credit to everyone but himself...
...even if Holzapfel tends to deflect glory from himself, the reality that he is actually doing it at the highest level, in the world’s most prominent program—with an arguably imposing family precedent, as well—isn’t lost on anyone. He and fellow senior Malcolm Howard, Harvard’s master of protocol, only garner praise...
...attending a MoveOn.org block party. One is tempted to ask people when the Vietnam War became something to brag about, but that is missing the point. When all is said and done John Kerry went to Vietnam, and his experience has provided enough biographical ammunition, if wielded capably, to deflect most any charges that he is weak, inept or inexperienced...
...press conference last month—only the third prime-time press conference of Bush’s presidency—the president tried hard to deflect blame for everything from the Sept. 11 attacks to Iraq’s missing weapons of mass destruction. But by refusing to accept the slightest blame, or answer the most straightforward questions about his actions, Bush continues to undermine progress abroad. The Iraqi people, the international community and increasing numbers of American citizens are learning to distrust and dismiss statements from this White House, and in the global war on terror, such lack...