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"Assurances have to be made that such attempts to disfigure the game in this way will never be made again," Uefa insisted.

From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026

If a monster like their father can disfigure God, doesn’t his existence pose a threat to a world already under siege?

From Salon ● May 19, 2026

Repeated removal of the tendrils is needed, too, so they don’t disfigure the flowers or stems.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 17, 2024

So is this a knowing reference to the power of patriarchy to define — and manipulate, disfigure or distort — veracity?

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 21, 2022

The flute was invented by Athena, but she threw it away because in order to play it she had to puff out her cheeks and disfigure her face.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

A droll moment of introspection is offered when Gordon disfigures his face with tape.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 3, 2026

Ms. Robbie has it easier, thanks to her character’s inherent theatricality—this Elizabeth is a great beauty until smallpox disfigures her face.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 6, 2018

It also raises concerns about epizootic shell disease, which disfigures lobsters to the point that they can’t be sold.

From Washington Times ● May 13, 2018

An orange smear of paint disfigures the walkway next to a garden bench.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 9, 2018

"There is nothing, in my opinion, that disfigures a person so much as not being able to speak," said that true Frenchwoman Mademoiselle de Montpensier.

From Henrietta Maria by Henrietta Haynes

Some bodies are so disfigured, Poudel added, "that often it is difficult to say if it's a man or woman".

From Barron's ● Aug. 30, 2026

He’s experienced plenty of hard knocks since being disfigured in battle by his power-hungry brother, via Vhagar’s dragon fire.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026

“Masquerade” follows the point of view of the Phantom, a disfigured musical genius who lives below the Paris Opera House and is obsessed with singer Christine Daaé.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 2, 2026

People in London were left baffled Wednesday by what appeared to be a botched AI-generated Christmas mural showing a Santa-like figure with a half-orange beard and revellers with disfigured faces.

From Barron's ● Nov. 19, 2025

Percy wondered if he was horribly disfigured under there, or if his gaze could petrify people the way his mother’s could.

From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan

And he grew that beard—initially to hide disfiguring dental surgery.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 20, 2026

The first patient to receive facial scanning and burn mask treatment, after the 14-month period when Qaradaya’s rehab team was helpless to treat disfiguring facial burns, was a two-year-old child.

From Salon ● Mar. 29, 2025

An aspiring actor with a disfiguring facial condition has a radical medical procedure, drastically transforming his appearance.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2024

Affecting at least 130,000 Americans, prurigo nodularis causes dozens of extremely itchy and disfiguring bumps, usually on the chest, arms, and legs.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 6, 2024

In Europe, Asia, and Africa smallpox became a constant, terrible presence, infecting almost every child, killing many and leaving others with the disfiguring pockmarks that are its telltale sign.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann