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

From BBC ● Aug. 7, 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

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

He overturns everything, disfigures everything; he loves deformity, monsters; he desires that nothing should be as nature made it, not even man himself.

From Émile or, Concerning Education; Extracts by Jules Steeg

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

Ukrainian politician Viktor Yushchenko, campaigning against a Russian-backed candidate for the presidency, was disfigured by dioxin in 2004.

From Barron's ● Feb. 16, 2026

Many of the victims were too disfigured to be identified, and 69 people had been labelled in Persian as John or Jane Doe, suggesting their identity was unknown when the photo was taken.

From BBC ● Jan. 21, 2026

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

Hate is disfiguring; it doesn’t feel good to remind yourself to treat a person in a way to honor the tragic history.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 21, 2024

In 1867, while still serving as secretary of state and still bearing the disfiguring facial scars of the knife attack, he purchased Alaska for the United States.

From "Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever" by Bill O'Reilly