1.   And in this tense atmosphere, the homeless men themselves say they have modified their behavior to deflect any suspicion.

2.   Citicorp, which has major dealings with Mexico and Latin America, went out of its way Thursday to deflect market suspicions that the peso crisis would hurt earnings.

3.   In fact, their names were included to deflect suspicion that they were informants.

4.   To be fair to the CIA, Moscow did its part to deflect suspicion from its extravagantly careless associate.

5.   To deflect suspicion, she has flirted, cajoled, bargained, even improvised one-way arguments on her cell phone.

6.   Erez believed the young men, with their black hats, dark suits and sidecurls, would deflect the suspicions of customs inspectors, authorities said.

7.   Erez believed the young men -- with their black hats, dark suits and sidecurls -- would deflect the suspicions of customs inspectors, authorities said.

8.   The guerrillas reportedly want to stage the attack in a northern state to deflect suspicion away from the Tigers.

9.   Drug barons often use elderly white South African couples and women as couriers to deflect suspicion, according to police.