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Under Seoul's constitution, all North Koreans are considered citizens of the Republic of Korea, as the South is officially known, and those who reach its territory and seek to defect are generally allowed to stay.

From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2026

Both indictments were later dismissed because of a defect involving the appointment of the prosecutor, although the Justice Department subsequently pursued a new indictment against Comey.

From Salon ● Oct. 17, 2026

The law firm claimed he “struck a defect in the roadway causing him to fall.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

Rolfe told the BBC at the time he would not resign, saying the software defect was "very, very obscure".

From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026

Levy Pants was like a congenital defect, an inherited curse.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole

These imperfections, known as spin defects, could become valuable building blocks for future quantum technologies, including quantum sensors.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026

While it doesn’t offer insurance, all jewelry does come with a warranty that covers “imperfections that are the result of defects in the manufacturing process.”

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 22, 2026

Children in Corby have been born with birth defects, believed to have been caused when steelworks were demolished in the 1980s.

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

Troilus, a prince of Troy, loves Cressida, whose father defects to the Greek besiegers and forces his daughter to change sides with him.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

Not all defects could be explained so congenially.

From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston

Reform MSP Graham Simpson did not resign when he defected from the Scottish Conservatives in August 2025.

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026

However, in 2003, he quit the UUP and defected to the DUP.

From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026

Kendall had been a key backer of Democrat Andrew Jackson in the 1828 election, having defected from Henry Clay’s Whigs.

From Slate ● Sep. 4, 2026

Yang Il-cheol, 31, who defected from North Korea last year, said citizens are focused on survival, having lived through fuel outages, starvation and chronic shortages of fertilizer, rice and electricity.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026

Later, Celia would learn with sadness that the girl had defected while on tour in Oaxaca and was playing a psychotic housewife on a popular Mexican novela.

From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García

Despite leaving, Tugay did not follow Ozel, saying he would remain independent, with rumours emerging over the summer that he was considering defecting to AKP -- all of which he denied.

From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026

On Chipotle’s final earnings call of 2025, CEO Scott Boatwright said younger customers weren’t defecting to another chain so much as returning to the grocery store.

From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2026

Then came the next bombshell as it emerged that Reform MS for Pen-y-bont Bro Morgannwg Sarah Cooper-Lesadd was defecting to Plaid Cymru.

From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026

Some diners have been defecting to competitors like Chick-fil-A, which are known for heavily staffed, attentive service.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

His professional expertise—before defecting to South Korea in 2003—was managing a state-run global insurance fraud.

From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden