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

From BBC ● Aug. 26, 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

So is this a knowing reference to the power of patriarchy to define — and manipulate, disfigure or distort — veracity?

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 21, 2022

He soon experienced the first shooting pains from the severe arthritis that would grotesquely disfigure his body.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand

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

It was at a very early age that I first felt the blight which had fallen upon my life with the scar which disfigures one side of my face.

From Cynthia Wakeham's Money by Anna Katharine Green

With many corpses badly disfigured, volunteers said several families had claimed the same body.

From Barron's ● Aug. 30, 2026

Some bodies are so disfigured, Poudel added, "that often it is difficult to say if it's a man or woman".

From Barron's ● Aug. 30, 2026

He’s experienced plenty of hard knocks since being disfigured in battle by his power-hungry brother, via Vhagar’s dragon fire.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026

“Masquerade” follows the point of view of the Phantom, a disfigured musical genius who lives below the Paris Opera House and is obsessed with singer Christine Daaé.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 2, 2026

He matched gazes with the disfigured stranger, staring into those piercing, wounded eyes.

From "The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin)" by James Dashner

She spent nearly a quarter-century as a recluse, having suffered in 1997 a shocking and disfiguring accident while striking a match to light her Tiparillo.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 27, 2026

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

Best feature went to A Different Man, a thought-provoking movie about a man who has a disfiguring facial condition and drastically changes his appearance.

From BBC ● Dec. 3, 2024

In Europe, Asia, and Africa smallpox became a constant, terrible presence, infecting almost every child, killing many and leaving others with the disfiguring pockmarks that are its telltale sign.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann