defector
Example Sentences
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Iran’s arsenal of jets got a boost from defectors from Iraq during the two countries’ bitter war.
Song Hyun-jin, who interviewed more than 120 North Korean defectors about women's leadership in the regime, says it's no longer rare to see women managing factories and filling party seats in North Korea.
From BBC
Still, defectors often say the hardest thing about transitioning to the outside world is shedding their idolization of Kim.
But the fragile coalition government of small groups, including several LDP defectors, didn't even last a year and the party was back in power in 1994, albeit with a Socialist Party prime minister.
From Barron's
Most of the defectors cited concerns about government spending more generally as the inspiration for their vote.
From Salon
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