Examples of defection in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Weeks and then months pass in a torpor of cabin fever and green screens, and arguably things happen — a defection, a few infections, a sudden act of surprisingly squishy violence. — Leah Greenblatt, EW.com, 1 Apr. 2022 The Covid-19 pandemic has revealed the widening cracks in healthcare’s foundation, and accelerated the spread of disillusionment, and defection, among its workforce. — Stephen Thomas, Forbes, 19 Jan. 2022 The low defection rate may be a factor in AT&T’s decision. — Scott Moritz, Fortune, 3 May 2022 Though Democrats can push Jackson through without any Republican support, just one defection would sink that method, unless a member of the GOP hops on board. — Brigid Kennedy, The Week, 25 Mar. 2022 Ruffo wrote in his diaries about alleged connections to a Soviet computer engineer whose defection was sought after by U.S. Officials. — Bytonya Simpson,matt Cullinan,ivan Pereira, ABC News, 24 Mar. 2022 Freeman's defection from Atlanta came despite multiple teammates grabbing a microphone at the team's World Series celebration and imploring management to re-sign Freeman. — Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY, 17 Mar. 2022 Any individual defection isn’t likely to cause a great deal of immediate harm. — New York Times, 15 Mar. 2022 With Lieutenant Governor Winsome Sears serving as Senate president, Republicans will only need one Democratic defection to pass legislation with Sears’s tie-breaking vote. — The Editors, National Review, 19 Jan. 2022 See More

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