as in swung
to change the course or direction of (something)
the wind deflected the Frisbee just as I was about to lunge for it
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In at least four of the heists, the thieves threatened their victim with a gun; one victim was pistol whipped, cops said.—
Roni Jacobson,
New York Daily News,
23 Dec. 2024 -
At the final whistle, James ran onto the field and whipped a towel through the air.—
Thuc Nhi Nguyen,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Dec. 2024
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Some 120 flights were in the air when the closure was announced, with some turned around and others diverted to Gatwick Airport outside London, Charles de Gaulle Airport near Paris or Ireland's Shannon Airport, tracking services showed.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
21 Mar. 2025
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Flights have been diverted to alternative destinations wherever possible, with airports at Amsterdam in the Netherlands, Germany’s Frankfurt, Ireland’s Shannon and Gatwick Airport, the UK’s second largest airport, already accepting several.—
Tamara Hardingham-Gill,
CNN,
21 Mar. 2025
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Their task was to get the parcels organized, redirected and delivered in six months.—
Emily Krauser,
People.com,
22 Dec. 2024
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Questions to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention were redirected to Human Health Services, which also went unanswered.—
Susanne Rust,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Dec. 2024
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“Deflected.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deflected. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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