defect
Example Sentences
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Zahawi joins a growing list of senior Conservatives who have defected to Reform.
From BBC
So far no senior government or military figures have defected or spoken out against leadership, even as the crackdown on demonstrators has intensified.
“As an athlete you are always told you are engaging in a war of speed, skill and grit,” said Jeong, 31, who defected to the South in 2012 by darting across the Korean Demilitarized Zone.
Reactivating this gene after birth could help bypass defects in the adult globin gene that cause Sickle Cell diseases.
From Science Daily
The two men, held captive by Kyiv since January 2025 after sustaining injuries on the battlefield, have expressed a desire to defect to the South.
From Barron's
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