defect
Example Sentences
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“It’s just getting back to where it was before the incident,” LeBron said Friday, referencing Bronny’s cardiac arrest caused by a congenital heart defect on July 24, 2023.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 28, 2026
In a recall filing Friday, Hyundai said it learned March 9 of a fatality potentially involving the defect in an Ohio incident.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026
By 2023, he had a heart attack and was diagnosed with a congenital heart defect and cauda equina syndrome, the latter led to several spinal surgeries.
From Salon • Mar. 21, 2026
Finch said he believed the pair were planning to defect to Restore Britain – a party recently launched by former Reform MP Rupert Lowe.
From BBC • Feb. 19, 2026
From the moment she learned that she was pregnant, my grandmother was again tormented by fears that the baby would suffer a hideous birth defect.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
