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

From BBC ● Aug. 7, 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

The leader called the song “insulting” and alleged the band was “trying to disfigure our identity.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 12, 2025

Repeated removal of the tendrils is needed, too, so they don’t disfigure the flowers or stems.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 17, 2024

The flute was invented by Athena, but she threw it away because in order to play it she had to puff out her cheeks and disfigure her face.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

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

Finally, we are presented in this Essay with the same offensive assumption of intellectual superiority on the part of the writer, which disfigures the entire volume.

From Inspiration and Interpretation Seven Sermons Preached Before the University of Oxford by John William Burgon

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

Saad Attar owns the Fort Worth, Texas, dealership that sold the 2020 Malibu to Kang, whose jaw was disfigured in the crash.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026

Ukrainian politician Viktor Yushchenko, campaigning against a Russian-backed candidate for the presidency, was disfigured by dioxin in 2004.

From Barron's ● Feb. 16, 2026

He loves all disfigured nasties, be they swamp creatures, eyeball-less ogres or bolt-headed Hellboys.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2025

The more disfigured you become, the more people look at you, step aside, and whisper to each other.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly

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 1867, while still serving as secretary of state and still bearing the disfiguring facial scars of the knife attack, he purchased Alaska for the United States.

From "Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever" by Bill O'Reilly