Sentence examples for defection on from inspiring English sources

One sign of this was the defection, on March 7th, of Syria's deputy oil minister, Abdo Hussameldin.

His defection on the budget, along with other centrists, forced Mr. Bush to scale back the tax cut.

I also worry about the impact of this defection on the gubernatorial races this year in New Jersey and Virginia.

Michael White, the Guardian's political editor, will be writing about Brian Sedgemore's defection on Election blog later today.

The former Tory's colleagues rounded on the rebellious politician following his much trumpeted defection on 27 September, branding him a liar.

Mr Shara, whose cousin – an intelligence officer – announced his own defection on Thursday, is a Sunni Muslim from Deraa province where the revolt first erupted against Assad.

Reacting to Mr Banks' switch earlier on the final day of the Conservative conference in Birmingham, Mr Hague had said: "The conference has fully moved on from the defection of one MP on Saturday and the gentleman you're talking about is not a senior figure in this party, not someone I know at all".

A high-profile spat with Chevy Chase, one of the show's stars, as well as "defections" on the show's writing staff, only intensified that scrutiny.

Employers have long since learned to tolerate the mass defections on Melbourne Cup day.

Trump's party narrowly controls the Senate, but any Republican defections on a matter of this magnitude are unlikely.

The support he would win from the broad political centre, he presumably calculates, would more than make up for defections on the religious right.In the days immediately before the summit, Mr Netanyahu was at pains to sound tough.