| deflect question | 9.48 | She deflected the question. | ||
| deflect attention | 8.43 | They could deflect attention from the bride. | ||
| deflect criticism | 8.10 | A master at deflecting criticism. | ||
| deflect ball | 4.87 | He could not deflect the ball. | ||
| deflect shot | 4.81 | He deflected a shot from Sylvester past Giguere. | ||
| deflect pass | 3.62 | He deflected a pass. | ||
| deflect blame | 2.24 | The blame was deflected from the chairman. | ||
| deflect puck | 1.51 | Graves deflected the puck through the legs of Roy. | ||
| deflect praise | 1.25 | He will deflect the praise. | ||
| deflect pressure | 1.05 | Griffey, out of all the big hitters in the big leagues, might be the best at deflecting pressure. | ||
| deflect charge | 0.86 | She deflects the charges matter-of-factly. | ||
| deflect accusation | 0.72 | Cage changed his name to deflect accusations of nepotism. | ||
| deflect talk | 0.72 | Kessler deflected any talk of coercion or intimidation. | ||
| deflect blow | 0.59 | He deflected the blow with his forearm. | ||
| deflect suspicion | 0.59 | In fact, their names were included to deflect suspicion that they were informants. | ||
| deflect attack | 0.53 | His purpose may be to deflect attacks that he aims to buy the White House. | ||
| deflect credit | 0.53 | Bible, though, deflected any credit. | ||
| deflect responsibility | 0.53 | In fact, the federal budget is designed to deflect responsibility away from politicians. | ||
| deflect suggestion | 0.53 | Looking grim, he deflected suggestions that he should step down. | ||
| deflect cross | 0.39 | Roberto Carlos almost deflected a cross from Angelo Di Livio into his own goal. |