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Example sentences for: defection

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The en masse defection of the major tobacco manufacturers from Congress' efforts at a settlement leads everywhere.
The Los Angeles Times lead claims that the findings will compound problems that are already eroding Microsoft's dominance of the software industry, including: the defection of top talent; the emergence of new computing platforms; and the evolution of Web-based applications.
On Meet the Press Pat Buchanan all but announces his defection to the Reform Party.
Scholars agree the defection is likely embarrassing to the Chinese government, but the Chinese government's spin is that "it was due to a split in his movement rather than disillusionment with life in China."
He's turning 50 and just returned to the former Soviet Union for the first time since his 1974 defection.