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Recent Examples of Synonyms for defected
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The 23-year-old had emigrated from Ukraine with her mother, sister, and brother.—
Dan Gooding
Shane Croucher
Jason Lemon,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Sep. 2025 -
About the Iryana Zarutska case Zarutska emigrated to the United States from Kyiv, Ukraine, to escape the violence from Russia’s invasion, her family wrote on a GoFundMe account.—
Chase Jordan,
Charlotte Observer,
9 Sep. 2025
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As for Young’s Chrome Hearts, the group launched late last year, released an album, Talkin to the Trees, in June, and have toured North America extensively this summer.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
12 Sep. 2025
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Danni-Elle Townsend, who’s made a solid impression in PPA internationals this year, was upset in the first round by 43-yr old qualifier and eventual Bronze medalist from Japan Rika Fujiwara, a former WTA tennis pro who toured for more than 20 years before retiring from Tennis in 2020.—
Todd Boss,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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Our family rode all the classic rides at Magic Kingdom, journeyed to France at EPCOT via Skyliner for a decadent breakfast, spotted hippos and lions on an open-air safari tour at Animal Kingdom, and roasted s’mores over a toasty campfire at Disney’s Fort Wilderness Resort.—
Linnea Bailey,
Southern Living,
11 Sep. 2025
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By contrast, six Black women have journeyed to outer space as astronauts, a job that is equally demanding and risky and for which the odds of being selected are very low.—
Gena Cox,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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“Defected.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/defected. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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