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A sample of FHA mortgages recently reviewed by the Housing and Urban Development Department found 76% contained a defect, up from 67% in late 2024.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026

Disruption because of a runway defect at Bristol Airport continues, as flights start to depart.

From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026

Although the word defect may suggest a weakness, dislocations can help metals deform under extreme force instead of breaking apart.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 31, 2026

I was born with a heart defect, so I see a cardiologist every year to check up on it.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 28, 2026

Look, no matter where you live, the biggest defect we human beings have is our shortsightedness.

From "Tuesdays with Morrie" by Mitch Albom

The administration’s office of defects investigation had opened a preliminary evaluation in April after receiving complaints about a loss of brake assistance in 2023 MY Cadillac Lyriq vehicles.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026

Home inspectors don’t open up walls and remove flooring to check for hidden defects in a home, he noted.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 15, 2026

And rubella risks causing severe birth defects in pregnant women.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2026

Within weeks of the renovation’s completion, numerous defects were spotted, with a liner installed on the bottom of the pool peeling in various places, and algae again infesting the water.

From Slate ● Aug. 13, 2026

It was as if the defects of the family and none of the virtues had been concentrated in both.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

The firm had begun to evolve in recent years, but slowly: In 2016, it was dealt a shock when a star dealmaker, Scott Barshay, defected to Paul, Weiss.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 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 2003, he quit and defected to the DUP.

From BBC ● Jun. 22, 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

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

He said: "It would have been obvious to him from the moment of defecting that continued occupation would be unsustainable."

From BBC ● Mar. 30, 2026

PDD had previously cautioned that its financial performance could fluctuate as it strengthens its e-commerce ecosystem and rolls out more support initiatives to keep merchants from defecting to other platforms.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 25, 2026

The defecting lawmakers are making it heard that their decision wasn’t taken lightly.

From Salon ● Jan. 9, 2026

These two generations have been defecting from the primary market.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2025

“We risked our lives by defecting from our faction,” says Cara, “and we will risk them again to save our faction from itself.”

From "Insurgent" by Veronica Roth