Sentence examples for effort to deflect from inspiring English sources

Mr. Fugate said that was not a pre-emptive effort to deflect blame.

Cablevision's offer was its first major effort to deflect criticism from itself.

Hezbollah pointed the finger at Israel, possibly in an effort to deflect attention from its own indictments.

These thoughts rush through my head and I make no effort to deflect them, still less to examine them.

But Shearer's co-presenter Lineker believed his attack was an effort to deflect attention from his behaviour at Manchester City.

But bipartisan support for the death penalty was so strong that the leadership made no effort to deflect the issue.

In an apparent effort to deflect criticism, he appointed the Rothschild investment bank to advise the government on managing the support fund.

It was part of an effort to deflect attention from Mr. Obama's assertion at the news conference — later reversed — that the "private economy is doing fine".

For their part, British intelligence officials have said that they view American criticism as part of an effort to deflect responsibility for American failures identified by Mr. Obama.

The sanctions announced by Mrs Clinton come on top of UN sanctions imposed in an effort to deflect the North from developing its nuclear arsenal.

The Ninth Circuit panel, in what sounded like an effort to deflect such a reaction, wrote, "This is not a case about befouling the environment".