Sentence examples for had defected from from inspiring English sources

Podemos gloated that many of its voters had defected from the Socialists.

He touched Hernandez's life in October of 1998, the fall after Hernandez had defected from Cuba.

They had lost their homes; many, like me, had defected from the army.

After all, Contreras had defected from Cuba, where he pitched for Fidel Castro's favor.

Mr Gandhi had defected from the family's Congress party and was standing for the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party.

Less than three months after he had defected from Cuba, Hernández explained that he had to adapt.

Several of Mr. Milosevic's powerful allies have defected from his side.

A prominent lawmaker has defected from his party, and a former prime minister publicly rebuked him.

Sam Hornish Jr. and Dario Franchitti are stock-car drivers now, having defected from the IndyCar Series to Nascar's Sprint Cup this season.

"He has defected from the regime," said Noman Benotman, a friend of Koussa and senior analyst at Britain's Quilliam thinktank.

chief of the Syrian military police, who has defected from President Bashar al-Assad's government.