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Recent Examples of defection
With a 219-215 majority and Democrats firmly behind House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.), Johnson will likely not be able to afford multiple GOP defections.
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Andrew Solender, Axios, 3 Jan. 2025
South Korean intelligence brings in-depth knowledge of the inner workings of their northern neighbors.
– Prisoners of War and defections.
—Frank Lavin, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
Ground battles are consistently being lost, defections are rising, and morale among troops has plummeted.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
The chamber is set to have a roughly two-vote majority when the package is voted on, meaning just a handful of GOP defections could sink the entire initiative.
—Andrew Solender, Axios, 8 Jan. 2025
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Andrew Solender, Axios, 3 Jan. 2025
South Korean intelligence brings in-depth knowledge of the inner workings of their northern neighbors.
– Prisoners of War and defections.
—Frank Lavin, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
Ground battles are consistently being lost, defections are rising, and morale among troops has plummeted.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
The chamber is set to have a roughly two-vote majority when the package is voted on, meaning just a handful of GOP defections could sink the entire initiative.
—Andrew Solender, Axios, 8 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for defection
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Steve Bannon and many MAGA originals consider this apostasy — basically another high-end, rich-guy way to screw the working-class voters behind the Donald Trump movement.—
Mike Allen,
Axios,
28 Dec. 2024
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Snuffer is a lawyer who lives in Utah and was excommunicated from the LDS Church in 2013 for apostasy.—
Lizz Schumer,
People.com,
29 Sep. 2024
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The State Bureau of Investigation opened a criminal case in December regarding the management of the brigade, which has experienced high levels of desertion and issues related to staffing and management.—
Marc Santora,
New York Times,
6 Jan. 2025
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The army of the Austro-Hungarian Empire unraveled during World War I as repressed Magyar and Slavic soldiers chose desertion over duty, fleeing the battlefield.—
Jason Lyall,
Foreign Affairs,
22 July 2022
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To me, this demonstrates the schism between the classic Republican—which is the Brooks Brothers, free-trade, globalist, Reaganite Republican—and the new Republican, which is populist.—
Vittoria Elliott,
WIRED,
21 Jan. 2025
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And how did the family schism widen to the point that Amy is now accusing Clayton and Kathryn of once plotting their father’s murder, in one of multiple lawsuits Amy has been involved in following Carmen’s death?—
Andy Greene,
Rolling Stone,
19 Jan. 2025
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Volunteers advocate for children who have been removed from their home from either abuse, abandonment or neglect.—
Joe Rassel,
Orlando Sentinel,
15 Jan. 2025
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Anxious Attachment: Children with anxious attachment often suffer from fear of abandonment.—
Christin Perry,
Parents,
6 Jan. 2025
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The second major structural change involves one of the hallmarks of SARS-CoV-2 as compared to SARS-CoV-1: initial scission at the S1 furin cleavage site.—
William A. Haseltine,
Forbes,
6 May 2022
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When the nucleus ultimately disintegrates, these pieces move apart rapidly and the neck snaps quickly, a process known as scission.—
Charles Q. Choi,
Scientific American,
24 Feb. 2021
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On a broader scale, the widespread prevalence of financial infidelity also reflects gaps in financial literacy and communication, underscoring the need for better education and resources to address these issues.—
Barbara A. Perry,
Newsweek,
28 Jan. 2025
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That lack of communication can contribute to financial infidelity, when one or both partners lie about or hide financial information.—
Lorie Konish,
CNBC,
27 Jan. 2025
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On September 18, 2023, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau alleged that the Indian government had killed Hardeep Singh Nijjar in British Columbia over his useless push for Sikh separatism.—
Daniel Block,
The Atlantic,
30 Nov. 2024
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Some Black critics, including W. E. B. Du Bois, denounced his Black separatist views and his relationship with the Ku Klux Klan, who shared Garvey's goal of racial separatism.—
Delano Massey,
Axios,
4 Jan. 2025
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The common misconception is that a constant force makes an object move at a constant speed.—
Rhett Allain,
WIRED,
24 Jan. 2025
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Fixing misconceptions about hormone therapy could unlock progress in medical education, research funding and even workplace policies.—
Emily Cegielski,
Flow Space,
23 Jan. 2025
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“Defection.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/defection. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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