Sentence examples for deflect discussion away from inspiring English sources

"The folks who try to deflect discussion away from the question of whether resources matter usually try to point out that there's a lot of waste in the system," Mr. Ferguson said.

The owner, the San Esteban Mining Company, has tried to deflect discussion of blame.

Republicans want to deflect discussion of the war by arguing over newspaper ads and radio comments?

"The thing that's most interesting in all this is urban design," says Parry, deflecting the discussion away from the fact that he is penning the City's tallest totem.

The analyst said the administration's claims are an attempt at "deflecting discussion of the Russian operation and how it is woven into so many domestic controversies".

We argue that the conceptualization of informed patients making autonomous choices acts as "misdirection" which deflects problem solving and discussion away from a productive examination of the differences between healthcare system offerings and client needs.

Pets can deflect attention away from our flaws.

Mr. Trump seemed to try to deflect responsibility away from Moscow.

Attention on the two may have been intended to deflect blame away from the Obama administration.

He has tried to deflect attention away from himself, and toward Kim.

Uses his stick well to deflect pucks away from the net.