defect
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"The pilots remain in control of the airplane," Bedford said of the new software defect.
From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026
If an aircraft crashes, we focus on finding the engineering defect, correcting it, and enforcing established liability standards for the damage created.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026
The defect was already present during the earliest stages of disease activity, including in patients with clinically mild IBD.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026
She agreed to terminate the pregnancy if a serious birth defect were discovered and the parents requested an abortion.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
How did I think I could defect to the other side so easily?
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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Troilus, a prince of Troy, loves Cressida, whose father defects to the Greek besiegers and forces his daughter to change sides with him.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
Long-term exposure has been linked to asthma and, in laboratory studies on animals, reproductive issues and birth defects.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026
The most common defects involve brickwork, carpentry and roofing, he said.
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026
When she was five months pregnant, ultrasound examinations revealed that the fetus had a cleft palate, a brain cyst, and heart defects.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
Who decides which defects are funny and which ones are tragic?
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
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Kendall had been a key backer of Democrat Andrew Jackson in the 1828 election, having defected from Henry Clay’s Whigs.
From Slate ● Sep. 4, 2026
Barret Zoph, the Thinking Machines Lab co-founder who abruptly defected to OpenAI this year amid a dispute with Chief Executive Mira Murati, has changed employers again.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
Arabs within the SDF's ranks also defected en masse after Sharaa's army took control of two previously Kurdish-held provinces, Raqa and Deir Ezzor, leaving them at half their strength, according to Syria specialist Fabrice Balanche.
From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026
Montgomerie, the founder of the ConservativeHome website, defected to Reform two years ago.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
Later, Celia would learn with sadness that the girl had defected while on tour in Oaxaca and was playing a psychotic housewife on a popular Mexican novela.
From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García
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Despite leaving, Tugay did not follow Ozel, saying he would remain independent, with rumours emerging over the summer that he was considering defecting to AKP -- all of which he denied.
From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026
On Chipotle’s final earnings call of 2025, CEO Scott Boatwright said younger customers weren’t defecting to another chain so much as returning to the grocery store.
From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2026
"That's not going to appeal to waverers, or to moderate conservatives who might be thinking about defecting."
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
The company is currently rolling out more support initiatives to prevent merchants from defecting to other platforms.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 27, 2026
He had even earned a medal, presented by Najibullah himself, before defecting once again and returning to the Mujahideen’s side.
From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini
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