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After the war, when the princess decides to defect to the West, a river-barge captain nicknamed St. Peter smuggles her past communist guards in a sealed, nearly full water tank.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

When a laser excites a spin defect, the defect can return to its original, lower-energy state through several different processes.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026

A tear in the aorta is a rare and dangerous medical condition, which can be caused by undetected high blood pressure or a birth defect.

From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026

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

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

As long as they adhere to price caps, agree to certain labor requirements and fix repairs that arise, they’re protected from lawsuits from buyers concerning defects 10 years after construction of the home.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2026

Meanwhile, the scientists are expanding their approach to investigate spin defects in silicon, as well as materials used in energy technologies where internal conversion influences how energy is transferred or lost.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026

The researchers used mathematical descriptions known as many-body wavefunctions to represent the excited states of spin defects.

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

Nervous to the point of nausea before addressing an audience, Churchill consulted specialists as a young man in the hopes of ridding himself of his speech defects.

From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith

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

From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026

Several lawmakers from across the political spectrum have defected to the Liberals in the past year.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

Sarah Cooper-Lesadd, one of 34 Reform MSs elected in May's Senedd election, defected to Plaid on Tuesday.

From BBC ● Sep. 16, 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

Philby had not yet been revealed as a Soviet spy, but two of his colleagues, Donald Maclean and Guy Burgess, had just defected to the Soviet Union.

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell

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

"That's not going to appeal to waverers, or to moderate conservatives who might be thinking about defecting."

From BBC ● Sep. 4, 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

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

Consequently, it followed logically that telling lies and defecting from duty could not be sins.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller