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"The pilots remain in control of the airplane," Bedford said of the new software defect.

From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026

If an aircraft crashes, we focus on finding the engineering defect, correcting it, and enforcing established liability standards for the damage created.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026

She agreed to terminate the pregnancy if a serious birth defect were discovered and the parents requested an abortion.

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026

The report agrees that this was the most probable source of the fire, due to an overheating electrical supply cable - although it remains unclear what exactly the electrical defect was.

From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026

He was told he had a heart defect, and it was serious enough for the Army Board to turn him down.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield

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

Long-term exposure has been linked to asthma and, in laboratory studies on animals, reproductive issues and birth defects.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026

But cladding campaigners believe a better approach would be to make sure all fire safety defects in tower blocks were addressed, not just cladding on exterior walls.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

This is not the first case in which a surrogate has refused to terminate a pregnancy after the intended parents learned that the fetus had serious birth defects.

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026

The brother’s glance went slowly around the room, like the ray of a lighthouse sweeping a familiar coast, searching for hidden defects.

From "The Chocolate War" by Robert Cormier

Laura Anne Jones is a former Conservative who defected to Reform in the summer of 2025.

From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026

The book’s title refers to the Soviet agent Oleg Lyalin, a relatively low-level but irrepressibly ambitious KGB operative who defected to Britain in 1971.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 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

OpenAI took potshots at Apple in its filing, citing 400 employees who have defected from the iPhone-maker to join its ranks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026

My mother embraced Edward after he defected from Dauntless.

From "Allegiant" by Veronica Roth

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

At the dinner, I tried to get a sense if there were more women like Smith—sweet, older Christian Alabamians—snapping and defecting to the left.

From Slate ● May 4, 2026

There were rival lawsuits and public barbs, as the Tour suddenly found itself scrambling to keep its top players from defecting.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 15, 2026

Common sense told him that telling lies and defecting from duty were sins.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller