Sentence examples for decides to defect from inspiring English sources

Few are inclined to believe him, however, until a visiting Soviet ballet dancer, Rudolph Petrov Ryan Phillippee), whom Allen is instructing in a driver's ed class, impulsively decides to defect and Allen is handed the credit.

At a time when the public want politicians to be more accountable, he tells this week's House Magazine, if a politician is elected on a given party manifesto then decides to defect, it should lie with voters whether that politician should remain an MP or not.

VHS and laserdisc Sean Connery stars as Marko Ramius, the commander of a top-secret Soviet nuclear sub who decides to defect to the U.S., causing the entire Soviet fleet (and several American subs) to chase him across the Atlantic.

They told the police they were on patrol when they decided to defect.

He was Bashar's friend and then he decided to defect.

Soon after, one Democratic incumbent in the House decided to defect.

He decided to defect after his military unit was ordered to fire on protesters in Damascus.

At 17, after a 10-day American tour performing as a pianist, she decided to defect.

A spokesman for the Taliban, Zabiullah Mujahid, said the Afghan officers decided to defect after "learning the facts about the Taliban".

"I decided to defect after I witnessed all the oppression against my people," he said in a telephone interview.

Ms. Cruz rose from poverty to become a national treasure in Cuba, until she decided to defect after Fidel Castro took power.