defected
Example Sentences
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"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
Philby had not yet been revealed as a Soviet spy, but two of his colleagues, Donald Maclean and Guy Burgess, had just defected to the Soviet Union.
From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell
