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Recent Examples of defection
The 217-213 vote saw just one GOP defection, Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky, and now amplifies pressure on Senate Democrats to decide whether to back the measure – or trigger a spending showdown with Trump and risk a potential shutdown.
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Tricia Escobedo, CNN, 12 Mar. 2025
House Republicans suffered just one defection on Tuesday despite very, very public complaints from GOP lawmakers about the package being pushed forward.
—Philip Elliott, TIME, 12 Mar. 2025
Johnson has little room for error with his slim 218-214 majority and can only afford to lose one defection if all members are voting and present.
—Lauren Peller, ABC News, 8 Mar. 2025
Manpower is a significant concern for both sides, and defection is often embarrassing for the country losing personnel.
—Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 3 Mar. 2025
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Tricia Escobedo, CNN, 12 Mar. 2025
House Republicans suffered just one defection on Tuesday despite very, very public complaints from GOP lawmakers about the package being pushed forward.
—Philip Elliott, TIME, 12 Mar. 2025
Johnson has little room for error with his slim 218-214 majority and can only afford to lose one defection if all members are voting and present.
—Lauren Peller, ABC News, 8 Mar. 2025
Manpower is a significant concern for both sides, and defection is often embarrassing for the country losing personnel.
—Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 3 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for defection
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Throughout its engagement with the OIC, the special envoy has prioritized the protection of human rights, routinely championing the equal rights of religious minorities and opposing laws that criminalize blasphemy and apostasy.—
Arsalan Suleman,
Foreign Affairs,
24 Aug. 2017
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Whether his parents realize the extent of his apostasy isn’t clear.—
Judith Shulevitz,
The Atlantic,
16 Mar. 2025
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Death in a hail of bullets has been used to punish mutinies and desertion in armies, as frontier justice in America’s Old West, and as a tool of terror and political repression in the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany.—
Jeffrey Collins,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Mar. 2025
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His desertion is squashed, however, when his fellow soldier Gam Dong-hyuk (Hong Xa-bin) tries to tag along.—
Robert Daniels,
New York Times,
21 Feb. 2025
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There’s no evidence the roughly weeklong intel schism resulted in Russian missiles damaging any of Ukraine’s precious MiG.—
David Axe,
Forbes,
14 Mar. 2025
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There does not appear to be an end in sight to golf's great schism.—
Faisal Kutty,
Newsweek,
12 Mar. 2025
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Volunteers advocate for children who have been removed from their home from either abuse, abandonment or neglect.—
Joe Rassel,
The Orlando Sentinel,
2 Apr. 2025
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Over the past week, the attorneys laid out their case that childhood abuse by his father and an uncle left Ramos battered and traumatized, while his mother’s departure for Singapore to find work resulted in powerful feelings of abandonment.—
Sharon Bernstein,
Sacramento Bee,
25 Mar. 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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The research points to a common issue in monogamous couples: infidelity.—
Paul Du Quenoy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 Mar. 2025
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Additionally, many individuals also hesitate to date bisexual people due to unfounded fears of infidelity, forcing bisexual individuals to constantly justify their identity based on their current or past partners.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes,
24 Mar. 2025
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Meanwhile, China will take all necessary measures to defend national sovereignty and territorial integrity, and firmly oppose 'Taiwan independence' separatism and external interference.—
Faisal Kutty,
Newsweek,
11 Mar. 2025
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There was a shining optimism to its sound, which mixed funk with the ecstasy of gospel, a little rock and a touch of psychedelia — as well as a vision of community and brotherhood that stood out in a period of political separatism.—
Rob Tannenbaum,
New York Times,
11 Feb. 2025
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The misconception that only older caregivers need support is dangerously flawed.—
Joseph Coughlin,
Forbes,
23 Mar. 2025
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Passive income streams are set-it-and-forget-it Perhaps the biggest misconception is that passive income streams run on autopilot forever once they’re established.—
Amy Landino, Contributor,
CNBC,
20 Mar. 2025
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“Defection.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/defection. Accessed 5 Apr. 2025.
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