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He later was diagnosed with a congenital heart defect but eventually was able to resume his basketball career.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026

The now-defunct Japanese supplier Takata said that inflaters in the air-bag modules it made for new cars had a defect that could cause air bags to rupture upon deployment, prompting the recall of millions vehicles.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026

Jolie’s mother had breast cancer and died of ovarian cancer, and her aunt, who had the same BRCA1 gene defect as Jolie, died of breast cancer three months after Jolie’s operation.

From Salon ● Jun. 29, 2026

The proposed method, described in Physical Review Letters, would detect how a suspected altermagnet affects a tiny magnetic defect inside a nearby diamond.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 23, 2026

Including my sister Doreena who never lifted a royal finger growing up because she had the heart defect that we later found out was a fly on the X-ray machine.

From "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett

In the worm's jaws, sharper changes in strain across tiny regions appear to increase the interlocking of defects within the atomic structure, producing the characteristic size effect.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 16, 2026

"Other schedule risks remain, including the detailed designs for the aircraft interiors, fabrication of the wire bundles, and rework to correct defects in structural modifications," the report said.

From Barron's ● Jul. 2, 2026

"I want all of Paraguay to enjoy this. We may have our defects, but we have a heart that never gives up, and that's what keeps us alive."

From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2026

Some Ford vehicles have transmission defects that could cause them to engage the park function while in motion, potentially damaging the vehicle’s parking system, the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026

Wiener has proposed, on intuitive grounds, that defects and misinterpretations in such a communication system may be an unexplored territory for psychiatry.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas

"Do you know why the people I met in prison were there? Caught for watching South Korean dramas, or helping someone escape to South Korea," says Yeon-su who defected in the 2000s.

From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026

But last week, the replies were inundated with complaints that Letterboxd had defected to the corporate dark side, along with fearful pleas for the platform’s owners to reconsider.

From Salon ● Jul. 15, 2026

In the past year, at least three soldiers have defected across the DMZ, which is around 2 miles wide and 150 miles long.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 24, 2026

It was in 1990, while touring Europe with his hero Gillespie, that Sandoval finally defected from Cuba with his wife and son — and found the refuge he’d been seeking in the U.S.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 12, 2026

The following morning, more than 650 Woodhull supporters—including several dozen women who defected from Anthony’s suffrage convention—showed up at Apollo Hall.

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling

At the dinner, I tried to get a sense if there were more women like Smith—sweet, older Christian Alabamians—snapping and defecting to the left.

From Slate ● May 4, 2026

He said: "It would have been obvious to him from the moment of defecting that continued occupation would be unsustainable."

From BBC ● Mar. 30, 2026

The defecting lawmakers are making it heard that their decision wasn’t taken lightly.

From Salon ● Jan. 9, 2026

These two generations have been defecting from the primary market.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2025

Consequently, it followed logically that telling lies and defecting from duty could not be sins.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller