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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

“The bill is allowing things to take place which could disfigure a city like Eagle Rock,” said Quackenbos.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 21, 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

He soon experienced the first shooting pains from the severe arthritis that would grotesquely disfigure his body.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand

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

It is style which adorns or disfigures a subject; which makes the humblest matter appear choice and elegant, or which reduces the most exalted ideas to a level with common, or vulgar ones.

From The Gentlemen's Book of Etiquette and Manual of Politeness Being a Complete Guide for a Gentleman's Conduct in all his Relations Towards Society by Cecil B. Hartley

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

"My operation is scheduled for tomorrow," says the disfigured soldier, still recovering from his terrible injuries.

From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026

Saad Attar owns the Fort Worth, Texas, dealership that sold the 2020 Malibu to Kang, whose jaw was disfigured in the crash.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026

Here was the city’s historic souk, now a disfigured maw of masonry and rebar.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 22, 2026

She began to associate with Ralph Myers, a white man with a badly disfigured face and lengthy criminal record who seemed to perfectly embody her fall from grace.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson

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

Best feature went to A Different Man, a thought-provoking movie about a man who has a disfiguring facial condition and drastically changes his appearance.

From BBC ● Dec. 3, 2024

What if a spectacle of authentic human suffering is obscured by disfiguring layers of flesh — or, in a bitterly ironic twist, concealed by a physical beauty that people assume to be superficial and depthless?

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 26, 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