defect
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Hyundai said it continues to monitor the issue and will take action if a product defect is identified.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026
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
Congenital heart disease is the most common birth defect, affecting about 1 in 100 babies born each year.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 13, 2026
Disruption because of a runway defect at Bristol Airport continues, as flights start to depart.
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026
His eyeglasses triggered distrust because, at that time and in that region, people looked at glasses as some kind of character defect.
From "Death on the River of Doubt" by Samantha Seiple
After the initial excitement, they soon started to find defects and decided to hire the snagger.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
Regulators say factors other than safety defects, such as road debris, are typically responsible for these events.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 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
Therefore, as the defects of both these kinds of infantry are recognized, a new type can be organized that is able to withstand cavalry and has no fear of foot-soldiers.
From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli
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
Arabs within the SDF's ranks also defected en masse after Sharaa's army took control of two previously Kurdish-held provinces, Raqa and Deir Ezzor, leaving them at half their strength, according to Syria specialist Fabrice Balanche.
From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026
Montgomerie, the founder of the ConservativeHome website, defected to Reform two years ago.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
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
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
It started with Navratilova, a record nine-time singles champion at the All England Club, who remained an inspiration to those back in her homeland after defecting from communist Czechoslovakia to the United States in 1975.
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 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
The defecting lawmakers are making it heard that their decision wasn’t taken lightly.
From Salon ● Jan. 9, 2026
It’s good for firms to have a healthy fear of their users defecting somewhere else.
From Slate ● Oct. 13, 2025
Consequently, it followed logically that telling lies and defecting from duty could not be sins.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
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