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She had routine surgery for craniosynostosis, external, a birth defect affecting the skull, but an abnormal chest X-ray was not flagged.

From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026

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

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

A mental excess had produced in Helmholtz Watson effects very similar to those which, in Bernard Marx, were the result of a physical defect.

From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley

Those stress concentrations generate additional defects, giving the metal new opportunities to deform rather than crack.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 31, 2026

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

Understanding this unexpected energy-loss pathway could help scientists more accurately predict the behavior of silicon carbide defects and improve their potential use as qubits in future quantum devices.

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

As she grew up, a sound English education corrected in a great measure her French defects; and when she left school, I found in her a pleasing and obliging companion: docile, good-tempered, and well-principled.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë

Reform MSP Graham Simpson did not resign when he defected from the Scottish Conservatives in August 2025.

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026

Laura Anne Jones is a former Conservative who defected to Reform in the summer of 2025.

From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026

The book’s title refers to the Soviet agent Oleg Lyalin, a relatively low-level but irrepressibly ambitious KGB operative who defected to Britain in 1971.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 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

My mother embraced Edward after he defected from Dauntless.

From "Allegiant" by Veronica Roth

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

The company is currently rolling out more support initiatives to prevent merchants from defecting to other platforms.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 27, 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

He had even earned a medal, presented by Najibullah himself, before defecting once again and returning to the Mujahideen’s side.

From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini